Marcus Bowery
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About me
If you're after an informaI, intuitive and empathetic setting in which to explore issues, then I welcome you. I have run my own CBT/REBT practice for the last six years and have loved supporting the wide range of clients who I have met.
I spent nearly 20 years supporting children and families as a primary teacher, and always placed my pupils' wellbeing at the heart of how I worked. Now, continuing that role in a different field, REBT allows my clients to discuss issues such as anxiety, relationships, sexuality, work, self-image or BIG LIFE QUESTIONS and evolve into happier, more content, more resilient (but still imperfect!) people. Much emotional distress holds unhelpful, catastrophising and illogical beliefs at its core, so let's identify and challenge these and re-write that script with something more realistic and helpful.
We will work as a team to help you identify what's not been working for you and find healthy and productive ways forward. This includes a full clinical assessment of your current emotional state, identifying any rigid and unhelpful beliefs which are affecting you and your life, and then working towards thinking and acting in line with a more realistic and rational view of the world.
I form a close and supportive bond with the clients I work with and love seeing the progress they make. REBT is practical and has a structure. It’s rooted in reality as it is, not as we often see it. It gets to the heart of the irrational beliefs we hold which underpin the emotions we experience and I'm happy to share and teach this philosophical stance.
If you do get in touch, please be mindful to either save my email into your contacts, or keep an eye on your junk mail folder for my reply. I tend to get back to enquiries within 24-48 hours. Thanks
Training, qualifications & experience
A teacher for 17 years, I've always focussed on my student's wellbeing, as well as the emotional support of the families that I work alongside. This theme remains paramount in my work as a mental health professional and the reason why I chose REBT qualifications to further develop my career.
All my training was carried out at the College of Cognitive Behavioural Therapies under the guidance of Principal, Avy Joseph, where I now also lecture on the Diploma and Advanced Diploma courses. I have worked with clients of most adult ages - and also support younger clients from around 12-17 - through a range of challenging personal experiences, with a non-judgemental, open-minded approach, a sense of humour and in a mode of therapy which is based on rationality in the face of strong and often unsettling emotions.
REBT is ideal for targeting anxiety disorders such as Generalised Anxiety, panic attacks and OCD, depression and mood disorders and unhelpful, self-critical and intrusive thoughts as well as unresolved anger and feelings of guilt.
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£80.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
- Hour-long sessions, usually weekly, cost £80.
When I work
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When liaising with new clients, I try to be as flexible as possible.
Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays: Carlton Hill, Brighton & Hove BN3
Tuesdays and Fridays: Online (with some flexibility)
Further information
I look forward to being able to start this journey of change with you, and get such a sense of achievement when my clients learn practical self-care skills for lifelong change.
I can offer an initial phone conversation to arrange first session. I will then send out client information and a questionnaire requesting some background information about why you are seeking support.
I see this process as one of navigation - you will find the appropriate ways of viewing your life, it's just that sometimes we need some support to do this.
