Counsellor profile
Mark Callaway, BACP
BACP counsellor - family and parenting focus
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- Addictions and recovery
- Relationship difficulties
- Parenting support
About Mark
Mark Callaway is a BACP counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with 15 years of counselling experience and a longer history working with complex trauma. He supports adults facing relationship strain, addiction, grief, depression, anxiety, parenting stresses and other everyday pressures. Sessions are described as either short or longer term depending on need, with flexibility around scheduling.
He takes a practical, person-focused approach. He uses methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based work and Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) to help people name what is wrong and try different ways of coping. He explains ideas plainly and helps people test small changes in how they think or act.
Mark draws on extensive work across services including residential childcare, safeguarding, domestic abuse support, substance-misuse services and community mental health. That background informs how he responds to crisis, trauma and complex family situations. He has experience supporting people through adoption and foster-care problems, blended family issues, caregiving strain and ageing concerns.
He has worked with adults, young people and children from age seven in a range of settings and has collaborated with GPs, hospitals, schools and mental health teams. Practical outcomes he has supported include rebuilding trust after violence, reconnecting a parent with an adopted child and stabilising someone in profound crisis.
Sessions are offered by appointment, often in the evenings. The therapist uses a subscription model for bookings that can be cancelled at any time. Prospective clients are invited to complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling a first session.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches used for online work
Mark uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose values-based actions rather than getting stuck in worry or avoidance. ACT is often useful for anxiety, stress and coping with life changes.He also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify patterns of thinking and behaviour that maintain problems and to try small experiments to change them. CBT can help with depression, anxiety, sleep and some aspects of parenting stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and together they will agree which methods to try. That collaborative process means the plan can shift as needs become clearer.
Confirm the exact session formats available before booking, as options can change. The biography lists video, telephone and instant messaging alongside face-to-face and walking therapy, so check which are offered for online appointments. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy around work and family life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people continue contact without travel. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises for a remote setting and help carry practical steps into everyday life.
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Experience
15+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What everyday problems does he help with?
He works with a wide range of issues including addiction, relationship strain, grief, depression, anxiety, parenting stresses and family conflict.
What is his therapy style like?
He uses practical, person-focused methods such as ACT, CBT, attachment-based and emotionally-focused work to help people try different ways of coping.
How much experience does he have?
He has 15 years of direct counselling experience and many more years working with complex trauma across services.
What professional registration does he hold and where does he practise?
He is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can I see him if I do not live in the UK?
Sessions are offered in English and he is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are used?
The biography lists face-to-face sessions, walking therapy, video, telephone and instant messaging as used formats; confirm current options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Costs vary by location; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.