Mark Callaway
Practical therapy for complex life challenges
About Mark
Mark Callaway offers calm, practical support for people facing difficult life moments. He listens without judgement and helps people find clearer steps forward. Many clients come with worry about relationships, addiction, loss or anxiety, and he gives straightforward ways to handle those problems.
Mark has 15 years of counselling experience and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. His background includes a long history of work with complex trauma and roles in adult mental health social work.
Background and approach
That mix of counselling and social work shapes his practical, problem-solving style. In sessions he uses simple, evidence-informed approaches to help people understand what matters to them and change what gets in the way. He pays attention to how early attachment and current relationships affect feelings and behaviour.
He also draws on methods that help shift unhelpful thoughts and rebuild emotional connection where it has broken down. Mark works with a wide range of concerns such as addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, anxiety, stress, self-esteem, parenting strain, sexual and intimacy issues, and neurodivergent presentations. He also supports people coping with long-term illness, caregiving stress, and major life changes.
Appointments are offered in the United Kingdom in evenings, with options that suit different needs. Sessions take place by video, phone, live chat, text messaging or walking therapy when suitable. He aims to make therapy clear and manageable for people juggling busy lives.
What Mark works with
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Sessions & fees
How his approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values rather than getting stuck. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, addiction and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns in emotional bonds and trust; it can help when past hurt affects closeness and communication. Client-Centred Therapy creates a warm, non-judgemental space where a person leads the pace and focus while the therapist reflects and supports self-understanding.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to what matters to the person, try methods that fit their goals, and adjust as therapy progresses. This is a collaborative process aimed at practical change that feels manageable day to day.
Online therapy here uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video sessions are good for in-depth conversation and visual cues. Phone calls work when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and messaging are helpful for people who prefer written reflection or need flexible, brief contact between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family life and other commitments.
| 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
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- 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
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- 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 conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- 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
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- 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
- Stress, Anxiety
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 15 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
