Mary Shiels, BACP

Mary Shiels is a counsellor, trainer, and TEDx speaker who works with people across the spectrum of gender and sexual identities. She describes her practice as LGBTQIA+ affirming and offers non-judgemental support for those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, asexual, intersex, and anyone whose gender, sex, or relationships fall outside conventional norms. Her work includes supporting people exploring consensual and non-standard sexualities, and she provides specialist support for sex workers.

Mary is noted in her biography as one of Ireland’s Ambassadors for Training in Consensual against Sexual Violence, offering training and support for both teenagers and adults. She also uses the Clearing Method to help clients uncover and address deep emotional wounds, and describes herself as an Emotional Mastery specialist who supports clients in building stronger body-mind connections. As an Anxiety Specialist, she focuses on helping people manage and heal anxiety and panic.

Her clinical experience covers trauma-led therapy, Solution Focused Brief Therapy, bereavement, grief and loss, anxiety and depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and both childhood and adulthood sexual abuse. Her background also includes suicide training and work with neurodevelopmental and related conditions such as ADHD, ADD, ASD, and foetal alcohol syndrome. Mary has experience addressing domestic abuse, coercive control, mindfulness, resilience building, and menopause-related concerns.

Mary lists BACP among her credentials - BACP refers to the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, a UK professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists. She presents her offerings as grounded in specialist methods and practical training, supporting people who want to be better understood and to work through complex emotional and relational challenges.