Mary Prime, BACP

Mary Prime is a counsellor working in the United Kingdom with eight years of practice. She aims to meet people where they are and help them make sense of difficult feelings. Mary offers short conversations to build a plan and tailors her approach to each person’s needs.

She trained initially in person-centred counselling and qualified in 2018. Since then she completed a higher level diploma and now blends several approaches including client-centred work, cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness. She is also training to become a health coach and can include coaching elements if that suits the person’s goals.

Mary has worked in NHS talking therapies as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner and now works as a Social Prescriber with community mental health teams. Much of her practice has been online since the pandemic, and she offers evening and weekend appointments to fit busy schedules.

She has supported people with stress, anxiety, grief, depression and coping with life changes. Other concerns she addresses include relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, sleep and eating difficulties, self-esteem, career questions, compassion fatigue and ADHD related worries.

Mary also carries lived experience of long-term chronic pain and later-life diagnoses of autism, ADHD and dyslexia. That experience informs her work with people managing long-term health conditions and with carers seeking ways to balance their responsibilities and personal needs.

Sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, clients use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening closely to each person and following their lead. It helps when someone needs acceptance, understanding and space to make sense of difficult feelings.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact. It offers practical strategies to test unhelpful thoughts and to build small changes that reduce anxiety or low mood.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple ways to notice thoughts and bodily sensations without getting swept away by them. It is useful for stress, rumination and helping people feel more grounded in everyday life.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what has or has not helped before, then collaborate on a plan. That means sessions can include listening, skill-building, short exercises or coaching elements depending on need.

Online therapy offers practical benefits for people with busy lives or mobility limits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited; live chat and text messaging suit brief check-ins or people who prefer not to use video. These options make it easier to fit support around work, caring duties and energy levels.