About Mary
Mary Goggin is a psychotherapeutic counsellor who focuses on helping people manage anxiety and stress. She uses practical talking and listening skills to support clients as they work through difficult feelings. Mary aims to create a calm setting where people can find clearer ways forward and set small, realistic goals.
She draws on a mix of therapeutic approaches to suit each person. That might include looking at thoughts and behaviours with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to work on values and coping.
Background and approach
Mary also uses psychodynamic ideas to understand patterns from the past and solution-focused steps to build immediate momentum. Sessions usually begin with agreed goals and regular checks on progress. Mary describes therapy as a collaborative process - she will offer observations, suggest new ways of thinking, and help people try different strategies between sessions.
The focus is on practical change and building healthier habits. Mary has three years of experience and holds NCPS as her listed credential. She has also worked in community services aimed at low-cost support.
Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns, including relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, self-esteem and life changes. People can work with her on issues such as abandonment, codependency, control and commitment worries, and coping after separation or disaster. She also supports those dealing with isolation, guilt, forgiveness, career uncertainty, and questions about life purpose.
Therapeutic approaches suited to online sessions
Mary commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in online work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviours; it is useful for anxiety, stress and low mood. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps towards those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings.She sees therapy as a collaborative process. Together the therapist and client will review what is most helpful and adapt the approach as goals and needs change. Mary will suggest experiments, track progress and agree next steps with the person she is working with so the plan fits their life and priorities.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging, which can make therapy easier to fit into a busy week. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be better for shorter check-ins, while messaging offers ongoing support between meetings. These options give flexibility for different routines, travel, work breaks and varying comfort with being on camera.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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