About Mary
Mary Prime is a counsellor with eight years of professional experience working in the United Kingdom. She trained as a person-centred counsellor and holds BACP accreditation. Mary works mainly online and offers appointments in the evenings and at weekends to suit busy schedules.
She aims to meet people where they are and to understand how different parts of life are affecting day-to-day well-being. Sessions focus on practical conversation and clear steps, whether someone is dealing with anxiety, stress, low mood or bereavement.
How Mary works
Mary also supports clients working through relationship strain, self-esteem issues and career worries. Mary integrates several ways of working so each plan can be tailored to the person. Her approaches include Client-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy.
She can also bring coaching elements into sessions when that suits a client’s goals. Her background includes work as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner in an NHS talking therapies service and a role as a Social Prescriber within community mental health teams.
Mary has substantial experience supporting people with chronic pain and long-term health conditions, drawing on personal lived experience to inform her practice. Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Mary works in English and does not accept international clients.
People interested in beginning can use the site’s matching process to arrange a first appointment.
Mary lists 3 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.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| 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
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s experience without judgement. The counsellor offers empathy and support and helps people find their own solutions, which can be useful for issues like low mood, relationship worries and life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behaviour that keep problems going. It involves practical exercises and small experiments to change unhelpful thinking and improve mood and daily functioning, often used for anxiety, depression and OCD-related concerns.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple ways to notice thoughts and bodily sensations without reacting immediately. It can reduce stress and improve concentration and sleeping patterns by helping people step back from intense emotions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, and then agree a plan together. That collaborative process makes it easier to adjust methods as needs change.
Online therapy offers flexibility and fits different lifestyles. Video calls allow fuller conversation and visual connection, phone sessions use less bandwidth, and live chat or text-based messaging can suit short check-ins or busy days. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring responsibilities and travel, while keeping continuity between appointments.
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