This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
I’m Mark and I am a fully qualified and registered Counselling Psychotherapist (MBACP)
I work at your pace aiming to offer you to be seen, heard and accepted in a way that can often not be provided by those closest to us, sometimes through fear of judgement or rejection. I hold the space as an opportunity for you to explore you, unburden the unsaid or the painful to carry.
My aim is to create a safe, nurturing and empowering environment, where you are supported to bring all of you, with curiosity to both the conscious and unconscious. I welcome the parts that you know and accept, and those that are less familiar, possibly in need of compassion or understanding. My hope in working together is that I can help you find you, connecting with your true authentic self, possibly for the first time.
My therapeutic practice and philosophy is grounded in the belief that the past shapes our present, in particular those experiences from our younger years. Attempting to make sense of them, can at times answer why we feel stuck or find that we are repeating unhelpful patterns in relation to ourselves, others or situations.
Through this, provides an opportunity to perhaps understand why we act in particular ways, make certain decisions or have styles of relationship that may or may not serve us well. This allows the potential for healing from the past and looking to the choices in the present which can allow for life to be different in the future.
Perhaps you come having had a recent life event that has left you feeling overwhelmed, afraid or lost, or something has changed for you that is causing you unease or distress. Maybe nothing makes sense. Whatever brings you here, whether you know or not, I’m committed to welcoming you with openness and compassion.
Training, qualifications & experience
I'm an integrative practitioner, drawing on principles of person-centred, psychodynamic and transpersonal discipline. I hold a BA (Hons) in Counselling, University of Greenwich and a FdSc in Counselling (BACP accredited course). I am committed to ongoing CPD and have completed additional training in loss, trauma, shame and anger.
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
£60.00 per session
Further information
I work remotely via Zoom and provide a free 20 minute initial consultation. Please contact me for my latest availability. I provide the first session as an opportunity for us to meet; for you to share what feels comfortable in order for us to discover how I may be able to support you.
