Mary Turner Dip.Couns, Dip.CBT, MBACP

About me

Hello and welcome to my profile.

I'm Mary Turner founder of Solas Counselling Bolton. Solas is the Irish word for light and my purpose is to try to bring light into the very dark situations that my clients often find themselves in. Given enough light to enable them to explore their world, most clients are able to find their own way to lasting recovery.  My role is to facilitate the means to do this through offering a good counselling service.

I am a fully qualified counsellor, a member of the British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) with considerable experience in private and voluntary sector counselling. I work with a major provider in Bolton and I have had a high rate of success working with a wide range of situations to the recognisable benefit of the clients.

Good voluntary organisations have very long waiting lists and I am happy to be in a position to offer private counselling and subject to acceptance clients can be taken on and start their counselling within two weeks. This wait can be reduced in cases of particular need.

Clients are seen in a safe and comfortable, environment in my own premises.

My watchwords are competence, compassion and integrity. Although I am also qualified in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) My main method of working is using the Karl Rogers person-centred principles.   I believe that most people who experience difficulties in their lives need to express their deepest feelings in order to move on with their lives and to do this they need to be listened to.

I look forward to hearing from you and thank you for reading my profile.