Mary Murphy
Practicum Student
- Specializes in Burnout, Coping with Injury/Loss, Existential Concerns More of Mary's areas of practiceGoal SettingPersonal Development/GrowthPurposeRelationship ConcernsSelf CompassionSpiritualityStress ManagementWork and Life BalanceWork StressAnxietyDepressionGuilt/ShameIdentitySelf Esteem
- LanguagesLanguages: English
- Online, and Vancouver North Commercial Drive
Originally from Ireland and living in Canada for over fifteen years, Mary is completing her Master’s in Counselling Psychology at City University of Seattle. She works with individuals across the lifespan, including children, teens, adults, couples, and families.
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Originally from Ireland and living in Canada for over fifteen years, Mary is completing her Master’s in Counselling Psychology at City University of Seattle. She works with individuals across the lifespan, including children, teens, adults, couples, and families.
She supports people navigating life transitions, relationship challenges, overwhelm, and grief, and who are looking to make meaningful changes in their lives. Her own experiences navigating life’s challenges, and the support she found through counselling and community, are what led her into this work and continue to shape how she shows up as a counsellor.
Mary takes a holistic, person-centred, and trauma-informed approach, creating a supportive space where clients feel heard, understood, and respected as a whole person. She also brings a background in community-based work, yoga, and mind-body practices into her approach.
As a practicum student, Mary offers practicum counselling at a lower cost alongside individual counselling, with particular experience supporting clients through burnout and stress management.
Mary sees clients in person at our Vancouver, North Commercial Drive location, as well as through virtual care for clients anywhere in BC.
Counselling types
2 typesAreas of practice
17 areasTherapies offered
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)CBT is an evidence-based therapy used to reduce distress and improve your ability to function.
- Emotion-Focused TherapyEmotion-Focused Therapy for individuals is a modality that approaches therapy as an experiential process, wherein change occurs through processing emotions in new ways and moving through defenses and secondary emotions to reach the core of one’s experience.
- MindfulnessMindfulness is the practice of paying attention to the present moment with openness and acceptance.
- Person-Centered TherapyPerson-Centred Therapy is an approach first created by Carl Rogers.
- Solution-Focused TherapySolution-focused therapy, or solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) is a solution-focused approach to counselling that enables an individual to concentrate on finding a solution as opposed to concentrating on the problem.
- Trauma-InformedTrauma-Informed Therapy is not one specific kind of therapy.
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)EMDR was developed in the 1980’s by Francine Shapiro after a chance discovery that when she was recalling past trauma, rapidly moving her eyes back and forth seemed to quickly diminish her distress.
Specializations
The areas Mary has the most training and experience in.
- SpecializationBurnoutBurnout is a common psychological condition characterized by emotional exhaustion, feelings of cynicism and detachment from work or personal relationships , and a reduced sense of personal accomplishment.
- SpecializationCoping with Injury/LossCoping with injury or loss can be an incredibly difficult and emotional experience.
- SpecializationExistential ConcernsExistential concerns are questions and issues related to the meaning and purpose of life.
- SpecializationGoal SettingSetting goals is a crucial aspect of life that helps people achieve their objectives, whether personal or professional.
- SpecializationPersonal Development/GrowthPersonal development is a lifelong journey that involves self-reflection, growth, and improvement.
- SpecializationPurposeFinding your purpose can bring clarity and direction to your life, providing you with a sense of meaning and fulfillment.
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Fees and funding
Practicum Student
$50 to $75per 50- or 80-minute session
Is my funding accepted?
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- Autism Funding
- Canadian Armed Forces (CAF)
- Crime Victim Assistance Program (CVAP)
- Employment Assistance Program (EAP)
- Extended Health Coverage
- First Nations Health Authority (FNHA)
- ICBC
- IFHP
- Low Cost / Free Counselling
- Partners in Canadian Veterans Rehabilitation Services (PCVRS)
- RCMP
- Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)
- WorkBC
Where Mary works
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Reviews
Nothing but positive experience with Mary. She was very understanding and compassionate and she was able to hear me and meet me where I was at. I felt very comfortable being vulnerable with her.
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