MARK O'NEILL, BACP

MARK O'NEILL is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with a BACP accreditation and four years of professional experience. He focuses on practical, person-centred work and aims to support people who feel stuck by offering steady, attentive listening. He emphasises each person's strengths and capacity to change when life becomes hard to manage.

He helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions and career or relationship strain. He also supports those facing grief, parenting pressures, sleep difficulties, and the effects of attachment wounds such as abandonment and codependency. He describes therapy as a place to talk honestly about what matters and to find workable options.

In sessions he uses approaches like Client-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to guide the work. That means he adapts conversations and practical exercises to what the person needs, rather than applying a single method to everyone. He encourages small steps that can make everyday life feel more manageable.

People can expect calm, direct conversations that aim to identify patterns and try out different ways of coping. He draws on narrative and existential ideas to help people make sense of difficult experiences and rebuild purpose. The overall aim is to leave sessions with clearer choices and simple tools to use between meetings.

Taking the first step can feel daunting and he recognises that. He offers a supportive space to work through tricky feelings and to start making changes at a pace that suits the individual.

How therapy methods translate to online work

Client-Centred Therapy places the person at the heart of the conversation and focuses on understanding their experience without judgement. Online sessions using this approach aim to create a steady, accepting space where people can voice worries and explore options for change.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is practical and goal-oriented. In online sessions CBT often involves identifying unhelpful thought and behaviour patterns and trying out short exercises between meetings to test new ways of coping with anxiety, low mood or sleep problems.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and name important emotions and the patterns they create. Online EFT-style conversations can support people dealing with intimacy concerns, attachment wounds or difficult relationship patterns by focusing on emotional experience and new responses.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, then agree on an approach together. That collaborative process helps shape how sessions are organised and which methods are used.

The practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions more easily into a busy week and reducing travel time. If you need a shorter check-in or a session that does not require video, confirm the available formats before booking. Ask about session length and timing so meetings can be arranged to suit daily life.