Mary McConville , BACP

Mary McConville is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She draws on six years of clinical experience to support people facing stress, anxiety, low mood, and self-esteem struggles. Mary aims to create a respectful, compassionate space where people can talk things through and decide what matters to them.

Mary adapts sessions to each person's needs, using straightforward conversation and practical tools. She works with issues such as relationships and intimacy-related concerns, coping with life changes, grief, trauma and abuse, and eating or body image struggles. She also helps people managing compassion fatigue and mood disorders.

Her work includes attention to ADHD, LGBT concerns, and family-related difficulties, alongside additional focus areas such as ageing and geriatric issues, chronic pain and illness, caregiver stress, and cancer-related distress. Mary also addresses attachment issues, codependency, infidelity, loneliness and life-purpose questions.

In practice she combines client-centred ways of working with cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness exercises, alongside a psychodynamic perspective when helpful. Sessions aim to be collaborative, practical and rooted in the day-to-day challenges people face.

Mary works from the United Kingdom and conducts sessions in English. She offers a range of online session formats to suit different needs and schedules.

Approaches that shape online sessions

Mary blends client-centred work with cognitive behavioural techniques to help people manage thoughts, feelings and everyday behaviours. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters to the person, which helps build trust and clarify goals. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thought patterns and behaviours and uses practical exercises to reduce distress and improve coping.

Mary also draws on mindfulness strategies to help people notice their thoughts and bodily responses without judgement. Mindfulness can support anxiety, stress and mood regulation by teaching simple attention and breathing practices that can be used between sessions.

Finding the best approach is part of the work. Mary will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and agree on what to try first. That collaborative process means techniques are adjusted as therapy progresses and as life circumstances change.

Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help the work. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier on low-data connections. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, writing through difficult thoughts, or fitting therapy around a busy day. These options make it easier to keep continuity and adapt to changing schedules.