Counsellor profile
Mairi Brown, BACP
Counsellor - Relationships and family concerns
Continue with MairiAbout
- Stress and anxiety
- Addiction support
- Parenting strain
About Mairi
Mairi Brown is a counsellor registered with the BACP and has six years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She works with adults who are struggling with stress, anxiety, addiction and relationship concerns. She also supports people facing grief, parenting strain, intimacy-related issues and LGBTQ matters.
Her approach is practical and conversational. Sessions focus on what feels most pressing at home and in day-to-day life. She uses evidence-informed methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try different ways of responding.
Mairi also draws on client-centred and dialectical approaches to help people feel heard and to build emotional regulation skills. Emotionally-Focused Therapy techniques are used when relationship feelings and attachment come into view. She aims to work with the person rather than applying one fixed method.
People bring a range of concerns to sessions, including sleep or eating difficulties, anger, low self-esteem, ADHD-related challenges and career stress. She often helps those coping with life changes, separation and blended family issues, or who are managing compassion fatigue from caring roles.
Practical steps in sessions include setting small goals, trying out new behaviours between meetings, and reflecting on what helps most. Costs vary by location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How sessions work
How her therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. Online sessions can use ACT exercises to clarify values and to try small actions that fit daily life. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on the connections between thoughts, feelings and behaviour. In remote sessions she can introduce written exercises and simple behavioural tasks to try between meetings, useful for anxiety, low mood and sleep problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will discuss different methods with the client and agree on what to try first. That decision is collaborative and can be reviewed as needs and goals change.
The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Practically, online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow for shorter check-ins when time is tight, and remove travel time. Registered or accredited professionals often use these conveniences to help sessions fit around parenting, work and other daily responsibilities.
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Experience
6+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
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What kinds of family and parenting concerns does she help with?
She helps people manage parenting strain, blended family issues, separation and communication problems. She also works with adoption and foster care related topics.
How would she work with anxiety or stress at home?
She uses practical approaches like CBT and ACT to identify unhelpful patterns and introduce small, manageable changes for daily life.
What experience does she have?
She has six years of professional experience working with issues such as addiction, relationship concerns and LGBTQ matters in the UK.
What is her professional credential and where does she practise?
She is registered with the BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can she work with clients in other countries or languages?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
Which session formats does she offer?
The original biography did not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions charged?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.