Mary Cavander-Attwood

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Hi,

I am Mary and thank you for looking at my profile.

We all struggle in life and may need some extra support .My role is to support and help you work through your struggles, to gain  better insight into yourself and your relationship with others. So hopefully feeling more in control of your life and better able to manage life.

I am a BACP Registered and accredited counsellor/psychotherapist.

My original training was in Psychodynamic Counselling and Groupwork, and over the years I have developed my own style of working , adopting elements from CBT and solution focused therapy. It is important for me to respond to the client in front of me and so adapt my practice as appropriate to the client I am seeing. In therapy, I believe the therapeutic relationship is fundamental to the effectiveness of therapy.

I have a particular interest in working with people with cancer and their family members and working with bereavement, gaining valuable experience working at Maggie's Cancer Centre.

I also specialise in working with young people in further education, working as a counsellor at the University of Cambridge for many years. My experience includes working as Staff Counsellor at a Sixth form college.

Counselling is about change even if you are not sure what or how you want to bring about change.

Any client who comes to see me can expect a non-judgmental, friendly, safe environment. I will respect you and never tell you what to do as you are 'the expert on you' but help you explore yourself and issues to bring about change.

Sessions can be short term or longer term. l always  regularly review the counselling sessions with my clients.