About Mary
Mary Goggin works with a blend of practical talking therapies. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, psychodynamic ideas and solution-focused techniques to help people tackle stress, anxiety, depression and relationship pain. Mary uses her experience to tailor sessions to each person’s needs and pace.
Mary is NCPS, which indicates her professional credential. She combines life experience with three years of counselling work to help people untangle difficult feelings.
How Mary works
Sessions aim to be straightforward and down to earth rather than full of jargon. Her practice covers a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, self-esteem, career stress and coping with major life changes. She also works with issues such as abandonment, codependency, jealousy and problems arising from divorce or separation.
Practical support for people affected by domestic violence, HIV/AIDS or isolation is also part of her focus. In sessions Mary often helps clients identify clear goals and small, manageable steps. She encourages exploring the roots of difficult reactions while also building new habits to improve daily life.
Short-term solution-focused work and longer exploration of patterns are both offered according to what suits the person. Mary has been involved in community-focused services and local low-cost support initiatives. This background informs a practical, compassionate style that aims to make therapy accessible and relevant to everyday pressures.
Mary lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Mary works with
The areas below are the ones Mary selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- 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
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Mary’s approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) invites people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and to commit to actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, low mood and feeling overwhelmed. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns; it is often useful for anxiety, depression and stress. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on understanding and reducing the ongoing impact of past traumatic events through guided work that is paced to the person’s needs.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences and recommend ways of working that suit you. This is a collaborative process and approaches can be adjusted as progress is made.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging which make it easier to fit sessions around work, family or mobility limits. Video gives face-to-face contact, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats increase flexibility and make it straightforward to maintain regular appointments.
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