Mairi Brown

Mairi Brown is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, addiction concerns, and issues around self-esteem and identity. She also supports those dealing with grief, parenting strain, sleep and eating difficulties, and ADHD-related challenges. Mairi works with LGBT clients and addresses intimacy, career changes, and coping with life transitions.

She uses a personalised approach in sessions, tailoring conversations and plans to each person’s needs. Mairi draws on several talking therapies to help people learn new ways of handling thoughts, feelings and behaviours. She aims to create a respectful and compassionate space where clients can talk things through and try out changes.

Over six years of practice, Mairi has developed experience supporting people through relationship problems, addiction recovery, and the emotional impact of trauma. Her background includes work with issues such as abandonment, attachment concerns and blended family challenges. This practical experience informs how she structures sessions and sets goals with clients.

Mairi’s counselling style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She listens for what matters most to each person and then suggests small, manageable steps to try between sessions. That might include experimenting with new ways to communicate, practising coping skills, or reflecting on values and priorities.

Mairi holds BACP, which stands for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She offers sessions in English and works from a framework that combines several evidence-informed approaches. If you are thinking about starting therapy she can guide you through the initial steps and the matching process.

How Mairi’s approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice what matters most to them and take small steps that match those values. It can be useful for stress, anxiety, and coping with life changes. Client-Centred Therapy puts the person’s own perspective at the centre of the work, with the counsellor offering non-judgemental listening and reflection to help people make sense of their experience. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behaviour and supports practical changes through exercises and experiments between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Mairi works collaboratively to understand your goals and preferences, and will suggest which methods to try based on your needs. That may mean combining elements from different approaches so the work feels relevant and manageable.

Session formats are not detailed in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make it simpler to continue conversations between major life changes, such as moving home or changing jobs. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises, homework and practical skills to suit remote sessions so progress continues even when meeting online.