About me
My name is Marcus O'Shea, a Therapist and Counsellor specialising in ADHD, LGBTQ friendly practice, Neurodiversity, Anxiety, OCD, Depression, and Trauma. If you're feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, weighed down by depression, are struggling to navigate past trauma or to stay on top of life and work in a world that doesn't feel like it was made for your mind, you're not alone. I offer a warm, empathic, flexible, understanding approach to talk through your issues, along with evidence based tools that are tailored to your unique needs, so we can work with your mind for a happier, more fulfilling life.
I’m educated in a variety of approaches and toolsets, in order to offer counselling and solutions that suit you best. Particular areas of specialty include Anxiety (social and general), Depression, Trauma (including PTSD and C-PTSD), ADHD, motivation and burnout, neurodivergent issues, OCD, low self-esteem, disability, Autism, and LGBT issues.
I work in a collaborative and flexible manner, with understanding my client's stories and experiences as my priority. I believe each client is unique, and seek to establish an empathic, accepting space where you can feel safe to share your feelings and experiences, talk through the issues you’re facing, and find the solution that’s right for you.
From there, I can offer a variety of tools and techniques that can help between sessions to help with issues such as anxiety, mood, habit change, addiction, self-esteem, impulsiveness, and motivation, drawn from the Person-Centred, Somatic, Solutions Focused, CBT, ACT, DBT, and Mindfulness schools of therapy.
I offer a queer friendly, poly friendly, neurodiversity-friendly, and sex-positive space. I also work from a trauma informed and trained basis, which means I am experienced in how to work through and process trauma with clients in a safe manner. I'm one of the only counsellors in the UK trained in Written Exposure Therapy, a leading evidence based trauma treatment.
"Marcus creates a safe and supportive environment where I feel comfortable opening up about my struggles. They provided an empathetic and understandable approach, combined with useful, thoughtful tools. Within only a few sessions I'd improved my anxiety and was feeling way better about myself and my feelings." - A. M. Client
Training, qualifications & experience
I hold a Master's degree in Counselling and Psychotherapy with additional training in trauma informed counselling, Written Exposure Therapy for PTSD, mindfulness, neurodiversity, and LGBTQ+ issues.
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I'm one of the only therapists in the UK trained in Written Exposure Therapy, one of the best evidenced, fastest acting treatments for PTSD and C-PTSD in the world and the gold standard treatment for PTSD in US Veteran's services.
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 - £60.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer limited slots with a sliding scale payment for students, those on limited incomes and those experiencing financial difficulty.
In-person availability is only for Edinburgh currently.
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