Mary Hemming
About me
A warm and thoughtful registered counsellor and psychotherapist, I specialise in couples counselling, relationship issues, anxiety, depression and anger management. I welcome LGBT clients. I offer daytime appointments. I practise in Clapton, Hackney, London E5.
I offer you the opportunity to deal with crises and difficulties in your life, and to develop and deepen your understanding and awareness of yourself - who you are, where you have come from and where you are going. Through gentle conversation and reflection, you will be supported to find ways forward that work for you.
Prior to training as a counsellor and psychotherapist, I worked for many years in book publishing in a variety of roles, including Sales Director and later Joint Managing Director of The Women's Press. I previously worked as a social worker, a family caseworker and community worker, and in a therapeutic community for people with alcohol issues.
I am trained in a wide range of therapeutic models and I tailor my approach to the individual person. I will listen to you attentively and thoughtfully, respond with genuine interest and concern, and preserve the integrity and confidentiality of the therapeutic relationship.
I offer couples counselling, individual counselling, short term counselling and longer term psychotherapy.
Training, qualifications & experience
Prior to establishing my private psychotherapy and counselling practice, I worked as a counsellor at City & Hackney MIND.
I previously trained and worked as a social worker, a family caseworker and community worker, and worked in a therapeutic community for people with alcohol issues.
Accreditation and Registration with the British Association for Counsellors and
Psychotherapists (BACP)
Post Graduate Course in Psychotherapy
Post Graduate in Psychotherapy continuation programme
One-Year Course in Psychotherapy
Certificate in Counselling and Psychotherapy
Advanced Counselling Skills
Oxford Cambridge and RSA Certificate in Counselling Skills
Practical Application of Intimate Relationship Skills (PAIRS)
Childhood Sexual Abuse: Occurrence and Prevention
Anger Management
Reparenting Intensive
Introduction to Running Therapeutic Groups - Pink Therapy
Post-Graduate Diploma in Social Work, Glasgow University
BA (hons) Philosophy, Bedford College, University of London
Member organisations
Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
BACP is one of the UK’s largest professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy. Therapists registered with the Association fall into a number of different membership categories such as Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP and Registered Member MBACP (Accred), each standing for different levels of training and experience. MBACP (Accred) and MBACP (Snr Accred) members have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by the Association.
Registered members can be found on the BACP Register, which was the first register to achieve Accredited Voluntary Register status issued by the Professional Standards Authority. Individual Members will have completed an appropriate counselling and/or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but will not appear on the BACP Register until they've progressed to Registered Member MBACP status.
All members are bound by a Code of Ethics & Practice and a Complaints Procedure. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
Accredited Register Scheme
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This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Lesbian,Gay,Bisexual and Transgender
Therapies offered
Availability
Daytime spaces available.
Further information
I am a registered and accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and a registered member of the UKRCP. I abide by the BACP's Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy.
