Mary Attwood

• Stress and anxiety
• Attachment issues
• CBT and solution-focused

About Mary

Mary Attwood helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and self-esteem difficulties using a humanistic, client-focused approach. She works collaboratively in conversation to identify practical steps and clearer thinking. Mary is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and has seven years' experience in private practice.

Mary frames sessions around what each person wants to work on. She listens for patterns in relationships, attachment and communication that affect mood and behaviour. Sessions often cover coping strategies for anxiety, ways to manage low mood, and steps to address problems with trust or intimacy.

Her work draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships shape current feelings. She also uses client-centred methods that focus on the person's own priorities and solutions. Cognitive behavioural techniques are used when it helps to challenge unhelpful thoughts and build more helpful routines.

Mary supports people dealing with grief and bereavement, addiction-related worries, parenting stress and compassion fatigue. She also helps with issues such as abandonment, codependency, infidelity and communication problems within family contexts.

Sessions are conversational and practical. Mary aims to help people notice small changes that make day-to-day life easier and to build clearer ways of handling conflict, anger and life transitions. She welcomes enquiries from people in the UK and from international clients who wish to access counselling in English.

How Mary uses therapeutic approaches in online sessions

Mary commonly draws on attachment-based ideas and cognitive behavioural therapy in her work. Attachment-based therapy looks at how past relationships influence current reactions and helps people make sense of patterns in behaviour and emotion. Cognitive behavioural therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and acting to reduce distress.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Mary will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs with each person and decide together which methods to use. This collaborative discussion shapes the focus of early sessions and any short-term plans that follow.

Confirm the available session formats before booking, as the biography does not list them explicitly. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, avoid travel time and use shorter check-ins when needed. It can also allow more flexible scheduling for people who live abroad and wish to access counselling in English.

Topics Mary lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Relationship issues
• Self-esteem
• Depression
• Addictions
• LGBT
• Family conflicts
• Trauma and abuse
• Grief
• Intimacy-related issues
• Parenting issues
• Anger management
• Coping with life changes
• Compassion fatigue
• Abandonment
• Aging and geriatric issues
• Attachment issues
• Caregiver issues and stress
• Codependency
• Commitment issues
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Divorce and separation
• Emptiness
• Family problems
• Fatherhood issues
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• Infidelity
• Men's issues
• Midlife crisis
• Mood disorders
• Narcissism
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Post-traumatic stress
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Sexuality
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Attachment-Based Therapy
• Client-Centred Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Solution-Focused Therapy

Questions about Mary

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. She helps people manage stress and anxiety using practical strategies and cognitive behavioural techniques.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She uses a humanistic, client-centred approach combined with attachment-based ideas and CBT when relevant.

How much experience does she have?

She has seven years' experience working in private practice and is a member of the BACP.

Where is she based?

She works from the United Kingdom and provides counselling services to people within the UK.

In which languages can I speak with her?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients access her services?

Yes. She accepts international clients who wish to have counselling in English.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I start working with her?

Click the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.