Marcus Pugh, BACP

Marcus Pugh is a counsellor with 12 years of experience based in the United Kingdom. He focuses on helping people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, addiction, depression and relationship difficulties, and he also works with those facing grief, parenting strain and ageing-related concerns. Marcus approaches conversations with empathy and without judgement so people can feel heard and understood.

He believes clients are the experts on their own lives and aims to provide a space to talk through thoughts and feelings. Some sessions are simply a place to be listened to. When useful, he offers observations, alternative perspectives or gentle advice to open up new options.

Marcus uses conversational, practical methods drawn from Client-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Existential Therapy alongside mindfulness and motivational techniques. He helps people identify unhelpful patterns, try small experiments and develop clearer goals to cope with day-to-day challenges.

Work can include addressing trauma and abuse, addictive behaviour, sleep and eating concerns, and issues linked to identity such as LGBT matters. He is also able to support people managing life changes, ADHD symptoms, bipolar mood concerns and intimacy-related difficulties.

Marcus holds BACP registration, which is shown as BACP, and he offers sessions in English. International clients are accepted. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to availability.

Therapeutic approaches and how they fit online

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and building a respectful relationship. The counsellor reflects what the person says and helps them find their own solutions, which can be useful for feelings of low self-esteem, grief and relationship worries.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It uses practical exercises and simple experiments to break unhelpful patterns and is often used for anxiety, depression and stress management.

Finding the right approach is a joint process. Marcus will work with each person to decide which methods suit their needs and goals, and he may combine styles as required so clients can try different ways of working and see what helps.

Check the available session options before booking because the biography does not list specific formats. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by avoiding travel, allowing shorter check-ins during a lunch break, or removing the need to be on camera when bandwidth is limited. Registered or accredited professionals can support people across locations, and Marcus accepts international clients, but please confirm the current session arrangements when you book.