Malcolm Bateup
Compassionate psychotherapist for life and relationship challenges
About Malcolm
Malcolm Bateup helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, relationship difficulties, grief and trauma. He is experienced with intimacy issues, parenting concerns, sleep and eating problems, anger, self‑esteem and career stress. Malcolm also supports people facing life changes, compassion fatigue and challenges related to ADHD and bipolar mood differences.
He has worked in health settings since 1996 and has 14 years of psychotherapeutic practice. He holds the NCPS credential and draws on a broad mix of approaches to match the needs of each person.
Background and approach
Sessions are offered in person and online, and he can work with international clients by video, phone, chat or text messaging. Malcolm’s style is approachable and direct. He aims to make people feel at ease so they can talk honestly about difficult topics.
He adjusts how he works to fit what each person needs rather than following a single method. In practical terms he uses methods that include attachment-based ideas, client-centred listening and cognitive behavioural techniques. He also draws on relationship-focused tools and deeper, reflective work from Jungian ideas when helpful.
He uses supervision to reflect on his practice and keep developing. People who choose him can expect clear conversation about goals, simple steps to try between sessions, and a focus on day-to-day changes that improve how they cope. Malcolm encourages people to reach out and begin a process that is paced to their needs.
What Malcolm works with
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Sessions & fees
Approaches online and how they help
Attachment-based work focuses on the ways early relationships shape how people relate now. It helps when trust, closeness or fear of abandonment affect current partnerships or friendships.Client-centred therapy centres on listening without judgment and following the client’s pace. It suits people who need a calm space to make sense of their feelings and to find their own solutions.
Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It offers practical techniques for anxiety, low mood, sleep problems and unhelpful habits.
Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to decide what fits best based on needs, goals and preferences. That may mean combining methods or testing one way of working for a few sessions and reviewing progress.
Online therapy offers flexibility and makes it easier to keep regular sessions. Video calls let people use visual cues and a more traditional session format. Phone conversations need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break or commute. Live chat or text messaging can be useful for quick check-ins or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options help people maintain continuity and make therapy work around busy lives.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
