Mary Harrington, BACP

Mary Harrington is a BACP-registered therapeutic counsellor in the United Kingdom with five years of professional experience. She works with adults on issues such as stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, ADHD, addictions, relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, grief, and sleep or eating difficulties. Sessions focus on practical steps and clear conversations about what feels most urgent for each person.

Mary uses an integrative approach that draws on client-centred methods, cognitive behavioural ideas and psychodynamic thinking. She also offers EMDR and hypnotherapy where appropriate. In practice this means she adapts techniques to the issue at hand rather than using a single fixed method.

Her work often involves identifying unhelpful patterns, practising new ways of coping, and looking at how past experiences affect current behaviour. She has long experience supporting young people with ADHD and autism and brings that experience into work with adults who are affected by neurodiversity in their family or caring roles.

Conversations are direct and respectful, with an emphasis on small, manageable changes. Mary usually replies to messages in the early evening on weekdays and aims to answer weekend queries as she is able. Booking and initial matching are handled through the site process.

For parents and adult family members feeling overwhelmed by day-to-day demands, she offers steady practical support. She helps people talk through parenting strain, family of origin issues, and navigating major life changes without promising outcomes.

How Mary uses therapeutic approaches online