About me
Hello, my name is Mark, and I imagine that if you are reading this page you are dealing with some difficult issues. The good news is counselling/psychotherapy can help.
Receiving therapy many years ago transformed my life and set me off an a fantastic journey of healing and self-discovery. With hard work and dedication, it can be the same for you too.
Choosing the right therapist for you may seem confusing and daunting, but the bottom line is this… the key to successful counselling is the relationship between the client and the counsellor.
If you are sending an initial request, I will reply within 24hrs. Please check your spam folder if an email has not arrived.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a BACP-registered member, educated to Post-Graduate Diploma (PGDip) level in Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Though not related to the field, I have a BA(Hons) in Economics, an MSc in Computers for Business and am a qualified Prince-2 practitioner (Project Management).
My Story
For many years I worked as an IT Project Manager. Then life threw me some profound personal challenges and loss, which made me re-evaluate everything. I went to therapy, and the experience was so powerful that I decided to change direction completely. I left behind a successful but unfulfilling career to complete my postgraduate training and qualify as a Counsellor and Psychotherapist.
After a period working as a therapist for York St. John’s University and with NHS referrals through Mind, I’ve focused entirely on my private practice for the past six years. I value the variety this brings, every client comes with their own story and challenges, and I enjoy the process of working together to find the best way forward for them.
Because I’ve experienced hardship, trauma, and many of the struggles my clients face, I bring real empathy and understanding to my work.
As a therapist I find that I am able to build very strong relationships with my clients and this enables me to help them to affect real change in their lives.
My approach is collaborative, we work together to find the style of therapy that best suits your unique path of exploration and healing.
I draw on a wide range of approaches, including attachment theory, transactional analysis, polyvagal theory, Gabor Maté’s compassionate enquiry, dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT), mindfulness, internal family systems, and, importantly, common sense.
I adapt our work depending on your needs. For some clients, silence gives space for reflection, for others, a conversational style feels more natural.
I offer,
● short-term therapy (3–6 sessions) for focused support,
● medium-term therapy (10–20 sessions) for deeper work,
● long-term therapy when ongoing support is needed,
There’s no minimum session commitment and no requirement to pay for a block of sessions in advance. You choose when therapy ends.
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).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£65.00 per session
Additional information
I offer a 20 to 30 minute introductory session during which my client and I may decide if we wish to work together. This session may be via Zoom or telephone, and is non-chargeable.
My fees thereafter are £60 for a 60-minute session.
Please note that I offer 60-minute sessions rather than the standard 50 minute 'therapeutic hour'. This provides five minutes at the start and end of the session for greeting, parting and arranging the next session and ensures that these tasks do not have to be performed as part of the standard therapeutic hour.
I offer 'in person' or remote therapy which may be -
- indoor - I have my own private and well-appointed room on Fishergate
- walking - some of my clients prefer the option of 'walking therapy' in which we meet in a quiet public space and walk for the duration of the session
- Zoom
- telephone
Where possible, I offer flexibility to clients when it comes to choosing the day and time of sessions. Some prefer a regular slot, but the majority appreciate being able to move around the day and/or time of day of their sessions to fit in with their busy lives.
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