Mary Walker

I currently have availability on Monday and Friday.

I work as an integrative counsellor from my private practice in Exmouth.

My approach is relational and aims to enable a deeper personal awareness and understanding. I am trained to listen with a deep curiosity and empathy, to pay close attention to your experiences and to be alongside you as you begin your counselling journey.

It is my belief that counselling can help you live more fully, more openly and more freely.

I have always been drawn to others and I find much of life’s meaning comes to us through the relationships we share. In my professional life before becoming a counsellor, I worked as a carer, a youth leader, a teaching assistant and then for many years as a child and family social worker. In addition to my private practice, I have offered counselling via a local charity since 2019 and have also extensively undertaken therapeutic work with people living with advanced dementia. 

The term integrative therapy means that I practice in a way which brings together elements of specific therapies including:

Attachment based therapy

Relational therapy

Metallisation based therapy

Internal Family Systems therapy

Somatic Mindfulness

It is a hopeful, flexible approach which allows me to draw on a range of skills and knowledge to inform my practice.

My aim for our work together is to enable you to develop a clearer sense of yourself, your relationships and your circumstances. Using a compassionate and curious lens, our work will focus on the integration of your experiences to facilitate healing and wholeness. 

I offer an initial session at no charge to you. Ensuring that we are the ‘right fit’ for each other is so important and this session is an opportunity for us to meet each other and get sense of this. The first session would include a discussion about the focus of our work together and afterwards we can make a decision about whether to proceed with therapy.