Counsellor profile
Mary Goggin, NCPS
United Kingdom
Psychotherapeutic counsellor - relationships and anxiety
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- Credentials
- NCPS
- Registration
- NCPS, United Kingdom / NCS 17-04712
- Experience
- 3 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- ACT and CBT methods
- Trauma-focused work
- Goal oriented sessions
About Mary
Mary Goggin is a Psychotherapeutic counsellor (NCPS) with three years' experience working in the United Kingdom. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationships, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, family concerns, intimacy-related issues, self-esteem and life changes. Mary also lists areas such as abandonment, codependency, commitment and control issues, and isolation among her focuses.
She draws on several therapeutic approaches and adapts them to what each person needs. Sessions start with agreed goals. Mary uses conversations to help people notice patterns, understand triggers and test new ways of responding. She may offer information or suggest different ways of thinking when that is helpful.
Mary places emphasis on understanding where difficulties come from. That can include looking at past experiences and the stories people tell themselves. She supports practical steps to change habits and to build stronger self-worth over time.
Her work includes trauma-focused methods when people have been harmed or badly shaken by events. She also uses solution-focused ideas to identify small, reachable steps and cognitive behavioural approaches to shift unhelpful thinking patterns. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas can be part of learning to live with difficult feelings while moving toward valued goals.
Mary is listed with NCPS and is described as an Accredited Anxiety UK therapist in her biography. She is a director of a community interest company that provides free or low-cost local services.
How sessions work
How her approaches fit with online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and feelings while taking steps toward what matters. It can help when someone wants to stop being driven only by fear or avoidance and start acting on personal values. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at thinking patterns and behaviours and gives practical exercises to reduce anxiety and change unhelpful responses. That can be useful for stress, worry and relationship-related thinking. Psychodynamic ideas look at patterns that come from past relationships and how they show up now. Talking about these patterns can help people understand repeated reactions and make different choices.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferred ways of working and what seems most useful. That collaborative process helps decide whether ACT, CBT, psychodynamic work or a mix will best support the client's aims.
Session formats are not specified in the supplied biography, so confirm the current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, reduce travel, and allow shorter check-ins when time is limited. They can also let people choose whether to work with or without video, depending on what helps them engage on a given day.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
3+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, depression and self-esteem issues. The biography also lists codependency, abandonment, isolation and related concerns.
How would she approach people-pleasing or boundary problems?
She uses cognitive behavioural ideas and acceptance strategies to notice patterns and try different responses. Sessions include practical steps and goal-setting to build new habits.
What background and experience does she have?
Mary has three years of clinical experience in the UK and has worked with people facing a range of emotional and relationship challenges. She is a director of a community interest company providing local services.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
Her listed credential is NCPS. She practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin the process?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and then 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 you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.