About Mark
Mark Byatt offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety or life changes. He speaks plainly and listens closely to help people make manageable changes. Mark aims to create a non-judgemental space where clients can talk through difficult feelings and start to feel steadier.
He holds a BACP registration, showing his professional affiliation with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. He has around ten years' experience working in the United Kingdom, including roles in independent practice and with charitable organisations.
How Mark works
Mark uses a mix of approaches tailored to each person. He draws on client-centred work to prioritise the person’s own goals and pace. He also uses cognitive behavioural ideas to spot unhelpful thinking and try practical experiments.
Existential perspectives are part of his practice too, helping people face big life questions and find meaning during difficult times. Together these methods support work on depression, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, grief, addiction and a wide range of other concerns.
People often come to him for help with parenting strain, career stress, coping with chronic or complex conditions, ADHD, self-esteem, anger and feelings of emptiness. He also supports those dealing with adoption and foster care matters, attachment and loss. Mark aims to work collaboratively so people leave with clearer choices and doable steps forward.
Mark lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Mark works with
The areas below are the ones Mark selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- 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
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches that work well online and in conversation
Client-Centred Therapy is about making the session feel respectful and non-judgemental, letting the person lead and naming what matters most to them. It helps when someone needs a calm space to be heard and decide their own next steps.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing small changes in behaviour. It is useful for stress, anxiety, low mood and many everyday challenges where practical steps can bring relief.
Existential Therapy looks at meaning, choice and how people respond to life changes. It can help when someone faces big questions about purpose, loss or identity and wants to make values-based decisions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs, then agree a plan together. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions to what actually helps the person.
Online formats give flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversation. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or need less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging suit quick check-ins, shorter reflections or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to keep continuity and fit therapy into a busy life.
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