Mary Harrington, BACP

Mary Harrington is a UK-based counsellor with a BACP credential and five years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, depression and related life challenges. Her manner is warm and non-judgemental and she aims to make first contact straightforward for someone taking a difficult step.

She often blends different methods to match each person’s needs rather than using a single fixed approach. That can mean drawing on Client-Centred Therapy to build a respectful space, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to spot and change unhelpful thinking, or EMDR when trauma memories are a core concern. Mary also uses psychodynamic ideas and hypnotherapy when those are helpful for a person’s goals.

Her background includes long experience supporting young people with ADHD and autism, and she applies that understanding when it is relevant to a client’s situation. Mary lists a wide range of concerns she works with, including addiction, grief, parenting strain, caregiver stress and ageing and geriatric issues among others.

Mary usually makes time to respond to messages in the evenings between 18:00 and 20:00 Monday to Friday. She normally runs sessions on Fridays and asks people to use the site process to match and schedule so appointments fit both schedules.

People can expect clear, practical conversations that aim to identify small changes and realistic next steps. The focus is on what the client wants to change and ways to move towards those goals together.

How Mary’s approaches can work online

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and building a respectful relationship. It helps people feel heard and clarify what they want to change. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behaviour and introduces practical tools to alter unhelpful cycles and manage symptoms like anxiety or low mood. EMDR addresses distressing memories by using a guided process to reduce their emotional impact and can be helpful when trauma is central to someone’s difficulty.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Mary will discuss goals, preferences and what has or has not helped before. She aims to agree a plan that feels manageable and can be adjusted as progress is made, so the choice of methods is collaborative rather than fixed.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week and avoids travel time. It also allows for shorter check-ins or evening messaging when that suits a person’s routine. Many people find remote sessions help keep continuity of care while balancing everyday responsibilities.