Mary Edwards

Member Status: Accredited

Member No: NCS22-00666

Location: Great Missenden

I am a counsellor based in Great Missenden, I work with both adults and children (aged 13 years and over) and have experience of a wide range of issues including anxiety, anger, depression, flashbacks, nightmares, self-harm, suicide ideation and low self-esteem. I also have a special interest in working with clients following a traumatic event, including where this has resulted in post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or complex post traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD). 

As well as running ME Therapy, I am also the Counselling Coordinator for Aylesbury Vale and Milton Keynes Sexual Assault and Abuse Support Service. I have worked with survivors of sexual assault and abuse since 2018 and have specialist training in this area. 

I am a caring and empathetic therapist and recognise that my clients are individuals therefore tailor my services accordingly. I work from a person-centred foundation but call on other theoretical approaches such as Trauma Informed Practice and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) to ensure clients get the most effective therapy for their circumstances.

I offer counselling either face to face in my garden therapy room based in Great Missenden which has parking or online counselling. I also offer a combination of face to face or online counselling to suit client needs

• Qualifications & Experience

  Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
  Level 3 Counselling Skills
  Level 2 Counselling Skills
  Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Essentials APT-Accreditation level 2
  Counselling Children and Young People
  Creative Therapeutic Play Training
  Working with Sexual Assault and Abuse Training
  Working with Children and Young People who are survivors of Sexual Violence and Abuse 
  Keeping Children Safe Online 
  Understanding and Working with Complex Trauma and Complex PTSD
  The Web of Shame and Trauma Informed Practice
• What I can help with

  • Abortion
  • Abuse – Emotional, Physical, Sexual
  • Adolescence
  • Ageing and related issues
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Assertiveness / Self-confidence / Self-esteem
  • Bereavement / Loss
  • Bullying
  • Cancer
  • Carers
  • Childbirth: fertility
  • Childbirth: labour
  • Childbirth: pregnancy
  • Children / teenagers
  • Chronic fatigue syndrome / M.E.
  • Cultural issues
  • Depression
  • Disability
  • Divorce & Separation
  • Driving tests
  • Emotional issues
  • Exams
  • Family
  • Financial difficulties
  • Gender identity
  • Generally unhappy with your life
  • IBS / Digestive Issues
  • Illness and dying
  • Immune system support
  • Job interviews
  • Mindfulness
  • Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
  • Panic attacks
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder / PTSD
  • Pregnancy related issues
  • Relationships
  • Self-esteem
  • Self-harm
  • Sexuality Identity
  • Shyness / Social Phobia
  • Sleep
  • Stress
  • Suicidal feelings
  • Trauma
  • Violence / Victim support
  • Young people and children