Mary Bahram

Mary Bahram is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker and Psychotherapist at Evolving Minds Counselling and Psychology in the Sutherland Shire. She works with children, adolescents and adults across Sydney and the Sutherland Shire, with a particular focus on ADHD, autism and neurodivergence.

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Mary supports autistic and ADHD clients who may experience overwhelm, difficulty with emotional regulation or executive functioning, or challenges with relationships, school or work. For parents, this may also involve understanding what their child needs and finding ways to support them at home and at school.

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Mary's counselling and therapy sessions are collaborative and shaped around what is most useful to you. Rather than assuming there is one way of managing ADHD or autism, she looks at how you experience emotions, sensory needs, executive functioning and relationships, and what may help in your own circumstances.

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Mary has completed additional training in Trauma-Informed Neurodiversity-Affirming Therapy for autistic and ADHD clients, including Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist (ASDCS) certification training. Her work recognises that neurodivergence and trauma can overlap, and that experiences such as overwhelm, shutdown or emotional distress need to be understood in the context of the individual rather than viewed simply as behaviours to change.

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Therapy may involve developing greater awareness of your needs, finding ways to reduce overwhelm, working with emotional regulation and executive functioning, and building strategies that can be used outside of sessions.

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Mary also works with clients experiencing anxiety, trauma and eating disorders, including binge eating and disordered eating. These difficulties do not always occur in isolation, and she looks at what else may be contributing to how someone is feeling or coping.

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In her eating disorder work, Mary uses Enhanced Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT-E), an evidence based psychological treatment developed specifically for eating disorders. Therapy may involve working with patterns such as restriction, binge eating, rigid food rules and thoughts about weight or body image.

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Where anxiety or trauma is part of the picture, Mary works with these experiences alongside the difficulties that brought you to therapy, rather than treating each one separately.

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​Areas of Interest

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• ADHD and autism

• Neurodivergence

• Emotional regulation and executive functioning

• Sensory needs and overwhelm

• Anxiety and stress

• Trauma

• Eating disorders, including binge eating and disordered eating

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Mary offers in-person appointments at our Menai clinic and secure telehealth appointments across Australia. She works with clients from across Sydney and the Sutherland Shire, including Menai, Bangor, Illawong, Alfords Point and surrounding suburbs.

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You can explore the Conditions We Work With  page to learn more about the areas addressed in therapy.

 

To arrange an appointment with Mary, please call 02 8519 4197 or click on the button below to access our online booking form.