- Stress and anxiety
- Chronic health issues
- Client-centred work
About Mary
Mary Prime is a BACP-registered counsellor in the United Kingdom with eight years of professional experience. She has worked in NHS talking therapies and as a Social Prescriber in community mental health teams, and she offers support for stress, anxiety, grief, depression, life changes, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, and issues around intimacy, eating and sleeping.
Mary trained originally in person-centred counselling and qualified in 2018. She later completed a higher-level diploma and now combines client-centred ways of working with cognitive and mindfulness-based techniques. She also brings coaching skills into sessions when clients want that option, and she is training further in health coaching.
In practice she aims to look at how different parts of life affect mental and emotional well-being. Sessions focus on talking through what is happening, identifying manageable steps, and practising skills such as mindfulness or cognitive techniques for unhelpful thinking. Mary has supported people facing severe distress, including thoughts of self-harm, and works to find practical ways forward alongside emotional support.
She has particular experience with chronic pain and long-term health conditions, drawing on her own 16 years of lived experience to discuss daily adaptations, coping strategies and communication with other services. She has also worked with unpaid carers to help them manage caregiver stress and reconnect with aspects of their own life.
Mary speaks English and works with a wide range of common mental health concerns. She predominantly worked online since the COVID-19 pandemic and structures appointments to fit around busy lives, often offering evening and weekend times to increase accessibility.
How Mary uses client-centred, cognitive and mindfulness work online
Mary draws on client-centred therapy to create a space where the person is listened to and their priorities guide the work. This approach focuses on understanding experience and building a trusting working relationship so people can talk through what matters most to them.She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thought patterns and to practise practical techniques for changing them. CBT can be useful for anxiety, low mood and repetitive thinking that gets in the way of daily life. Mindfulness therapy appears in sessions as short exercises and attention practices that help reduce stress and improve how people respond to difficult thoughts and sensations.
Choosing an approach is collaborative. Mary will discuss goals, preferences and what has or has not worked before, and then try methods that suit the client's needs. She reviews progress and adapts the plan as the work develops.
If you are considering online work, confirm the current session formats before booking as the biography does not list explicit options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy around work and caregiving, allow evening or weekend appointments, and reduce travel time. Different formats also suit different needs - for example, phone sessions can be a shorter check-in and video meetings let you use visual exercises - so discuss what will fit your routine when you first arrange a session.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
8+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, coping with life changes, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, self-esteem, career questions and life purpose among other concerns.
How would she approach feeling stuck or directionless?
She uses client-centred conversations alongside cognitive techniques and mindfulness to identify practical steps and new ways of thinking that can help people move forward.
How much experience does she have?
She has eight years of professional experience, including roles in NHS talking therapies and community mental health teams.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is registered with the BACP and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can I work with her from outside the UK?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions arranged and paid for?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I get started with her practice?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.