Mark Bailey

I work with clients how I would want a therapist to work with me: I am down to earth, approachable, supportive, empathic, human, non-shaming, kindly challenging and always with a focus on helping you create meaningful change. Therapy is also about what both people bring to it - our energy, humanity, openness and vulnerability. And I have seen truly wonderful changes in clients over the years - even when they felt great frustration and little hope. Therapy is sometimes uncomfortable, it's not always easy but it can certainly be worthwhile and often genuinely transformative.

I am a UKCP Registered Clinical Psychotherapist and have been in clinical practice since 2003. I hold postgraduate-level training in Psychotherapy, (including Psychopathology), Neuro-Linguistic Psychotherapy, CBT, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and EMDR. I work with clients both in my consulting room on Regent Street, London, and online, providing services to clients worldwide.

I incorporate a range of therapeutic methods and approaches, ensuring a tailored and effective treatment for each individual and place a strong emphasis on continual professional development, undertaking further training every year to remain at the forefront of clinical advances.

As well as lecturing in CBT within Child and Adolescent mental health I also train staff within the NHS and have contributed to the mental health experts panel for the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association.

I have British Psychological Society accredited training in core areas of mental health.

Adjustment disorders, Anxiety, Bereavement, Burnout, Depression, Body Dysmorphia, Chemsex recovery, Child abuse, Loss and bereavement, OCD, Panic disorders, PTSD & Complex trauma, Self esteem, Shame, Sleep issues, Social Anxiety Disorder and Stress issues

Therapy is about healing, recovery and change. My job is to help you find your own way of navigating through emotional and psychological difficulties with skill, empathy and kindness and to help you develop your own psychological resources. Often our greatest life hurdles can prove to be (in the longer term at least) a turning point to something better in the future. We all sometimes need help with this. In a turbulent and complex world it can sometimes be difficult for us to express ourselves openly and have freedom of thought without judgement, penalty or even condemnation. I believe therapy needs to be a place to offer just this liberation - so that you are able to make your own sense of your world and life.

You may have more than one ongoing concern - so we can prioritise how we help you. I tend to work on a brief basis (months rather than years) but there is no set rule as your needs are specific to you. The outcome you want is always foremost in my mind so I adapt how I work, employing evidence-based approaches.