Mary PrimeBACP

Mary Prime is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with eight years of professional experience. She trained as a person-centred counsellor and holds BACP accreditation. Mary aims to meet people where they are and offer practical, straightforward support for common difficulties such as anxiety, stress and low mood.

Mary has worked in NHS talking therapies as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner and currently works as a Social Prescriber with Community Mental Health Teams. She has predominantly offered online sessions since the pandemic and arranges evening and weekend appointments to fit around busy lives.

Her approach blends client-centred listening with elements of cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness. Sessions are shaped around what the person needs, with space to talk about day-to-day problems, relationship strain, grief, parenting pressures, or caring responsibilities.

Mary also brings lived experience of chronic pain and neurodiversity, including later-life diagnoses of autism, ADHD and dyslexia. That background influences how she talks about long-term health conditions and practical adaptations that can make daily life easier.

She has supported people through suicidal thoughts, self-harm struggles, life transitions and workplace or study-related stresses. Conversations focus on manageable steps, coping strategies and clearer ways to handle intense feelings.

Mary offers a collaborative style that can include coaching elements when useful. Prospective clients are encouraged to use the site's matching process to begin and to discuss how therapy might fit their particular situation.

How Mary uses talking therapies online

Mary integrates person-centred listening with cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness when working online. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on active listening and reflecting back what someone says to help them feel heard and to find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behaviour and teaches practical strategies to reduce anxiety and low mood. Mindfulness Therapy uses present-moment awareness and simple attention exercises to help calm strong emotions and improve sleep or concentration.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Mary will listen to what is most pressing, discuss options with the client, and try methods that fit the person's goals and preferences. She adapts the balance of listening, practical techniques and coaching elements as progress is made.

The therapist has mainly worked online since the pandemic and values the flexibility this can offer. Because session formats are not specified here, please confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments around work or caring duties, allow evening and weekend scheduling, and reduce travel time so sessions are less disruptive to daily routines.