About Mary
Mary McConville is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has six years of practice in the United Kingdom. She focuses on common and often overwhelming problems such as stress, anxiety and low mood. Her style is straightforward and respectful, aimed at helping people feel heard and understood right away.
She uses a mix of talking approaches to match what each person needs. Sessions are shaped around your goals.
Background and approach
That might mean working on unhelpful thinking patterns, building practical coping skills, or looking at how past experiences influence current feelings. Mary pays attention to relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, trauma and the everyday strains of caregiving and chronic illness. She also supports people facing identity questions, eating difficulties, or challenges with self-esteem and motivation.
In conversation she aims to be warm and direct, offering clear steps as well as space to reflect. Therapy sessions can include short exercises, gentle self-reflection, and practical steps to manage stress between meetings. Progress is discussed regularly so the plan can change if something isn’t helping.
Her approach is collaborative and paced to suit the individual. If you prefer talking online, Mary offers telephone, video and text-based options as part of her practice. She will work with you to arrange sessions in a way that fits your life and commitments.
How Mary blends talking therapies for online care
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding your experience. The counsellor follows your lead, helps clarify what matters to you and supports you to find your own solutions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety and manage low mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Mary will discuss possible methods with you and adapt them to your goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process where you and the counsellor test what helps and change course when needed.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow a face-to-face feel when that helps. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text-based messaging suits people who prefer writing, want brief check-ins, or need more frequent but shorter contact. These options make it easier to keep therapy going around work, caregiving and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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