About Mark
Mark Byatt is a counsellor who focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress and phobias. He offers calm, practical support for common problems such as low self‑esteem, relationship strain, grief and addiction. Mark aims to make sessions straightforward and approachable for someone worried about starting therapy.
He draws on about 10 years of experience working in the United Kingdom, including time in independent practice and with charitable organisations. His work often addresses trauma and abuse, parenting pressures and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
He also helps people cope with life changes, career uncertainty and complex emotional issues like abandonment and attachment concerns. Mark uses a mix of client‑centred listening, cognitive behavioural ideas and existential conversation to shape sessions. That means he starts by hearing what matters to the person, then helps identify unhelpful thinking patterns and explores personal meaning and choices.
Sessions are practical and conversational rather than overly technical. People who meet him can expect a non‑judgemental tone and help to set small, achievable goals. He may suggest ways to try out different coping strategies between sessions and review what helps most.
The emphasis is on steady progress at a pace the client can manage. Mark also offers options such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text‑based messaging. He works in English and is available to international clients through online formats.
He holds BACP accreditation and brings a grounded, person‑centred attitude to each appointment.
How his approaches work online
Client‑centred therapy focuses on the person in front of the counsellor. It involves listening closely, reflecting what is said and helping people find their own answers. This approach is useful for building trust and tackling issues like low self‑esteem and relationship worries.Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts influence feelings and behaviour. In short online sessions this can mean identifying unhelpful thinking, trying small experiments and tracking what changes. CBT often helps with anxiety, phobias and low mood by giving clear steps to try between sessions.
Existential therapy involves talking about meaning, values and choices. It helps when someone feels stuck, empty or unsure about life direction. Conversations can bring clarity about what matters and guide practical decisions as part of a longer process.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will listen to your goals and suggest what to try first, then adapt methods as you go. Together you decide which angle feels most useful and adjust based on what helps in practice.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to work. Video calls let you see facial cues and work more like an in‑person meeting. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat or text messaging can suit quick check‑ins or when writing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caregiving or travel.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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