Mark Callaway
Supportive counsellor for complex life challenges
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About Mark
Mark Callaway works with adults facing difficult life moments. He is a BACP member and brings 15 years of direct counselling experience to his practice. Mark aims to create a steady, straightforward space where people can talk about what matters to them.
He helps with many concerns including addiction, trauma and abuse, relationship difficulties, grief, depression, anxiety and stress. He also supports people with neurodivergence, ADHD, self-esteem, intimacy questions, eating and sleeping problems, and caregiving strains.
Background and approach
He describes practical, person-focused work rather than jargon-filled therapy sessions. His background includes work across social care and mental health settings. That experience covers residential childcare, safeguarding, substance misuse services, and community mental health.
He has collaborated with GPs, hospitals, schools and specialist services during his career. Mark offers both short-term and longer-term counselling. Sessions are usually held in the evenings and he aims to be flexible to meet practical needs.
He uses a mix of face-to-face, walking therapy, video, telephone and instant messaging depending on what suits each person. His approach draws on several therapy styles so sessions focus on what the person brings and what helps them move forward. He pays attention to attachment and relationships, practical coping skills, and values-based choices.
The goal is clearer thinking and steadier day-to-day coping, not labels or quick fixes.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 15
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 182905
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Mark's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Mark works with
Everything Mark lists, in their own terms.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Mark lists
- 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
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Mark works online
Choosing an approach is a joint process. The therapist will talk through options and try techniques to see what fits a person’s needs and goals. That collaborative testing helps shape whether more skills-based work, values-focused work or relational work is best.
Practical benefits of online therapy depend on available session formats, so confirm the exact options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins by phone or messaging when needed. Mark also offers evening appointments and a mix of in-person and remote options, which can help people keep therapy part of an otherwise busy week.
Questions and answers
What kinds of problems does Mark work with?
He supports a wide range of concerns including addiction, trauma and abuse, relationship issues, grief, depression, anxiety and stress, plus neurodivergence and ADHD-related challenges.
How would you describe his therapeutic style?
He uses person-centred, practical approaches that include ACT, attachment-based ideas and CBT to help people make choices and build coping skills.
What is his professional background?
Mark has 15 years of direct counselling experience and longer work with complex trauma, including roles in social care and community mental health.
Where is he based and what credentials does he hold?
He practises in the United Kingdom and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
Can I work with him if I live outside the UK?
Sessions are offered in English and he does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats does he offer?
He lists face-to-face sessions, walking therapy, video, telephone and instant messaging as formats he uses; confirm current options before booking.
How are sessions charged and paid for?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
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