Marcus Bowery, NCPS

Marcus Bowery speaks directly to people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety or relationship strain. He helps with low self-esteem, motivation, career questions and the fallout from life changes. Marcus works in a straightforward way and aims to make sessions practical and easy to follow.

Marcus has seven years' experience as a counsellor and currently combines therapeutic work with teaching in a primary school. He uses approaches from cognitive behavioural therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviours. Marcus believes people already have strengths they can build on, and he supports them to spot new ways of responding to difficult situations.

In sessions he pairs talking through feelings with simple, actionable tasks to practise between meetings. That might include trying a new routine for sleep, small steps to reduce avoidance, or experiments to test worrying thoughts. He keeps explanations clear and uses examples a parent can relate to.

Marcus also works with concerns such as grief, anger, sexual identity, workplace problems and parenting pressures. Additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment issues, adoption and foster care experiences, and obsessive-compulsive patterns. He accepts clients from the United Kingdom and internationally and runs sessions in English.

People who choose Marcus usually want a practical, down-to-earth approach rather than long, abstract discussion. He aims to help clients make steady, realistic changes that fit around family life and work demands.

How CBT-based approaches work online

Marcus uses cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) methods that focus on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviours. CBT breaks worries into manageable steps, helps people try different responses, and is often used for anxiety, panic and low mood.

He may combine talking with short practical exercises to do between sessions, such as sleep routines, behavioural experiments or gradual exposure to feared situations. These tasks are chosen together so they fit daily life and personal goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and Marcus works collaboratively to decide what will suit each person. He discusses goals, preferences and what has or hasn't helped before, and then adapts the work as progress is made.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, giving flexibility around work and family life. Video lets visual cues and exercises be shared, phone sessions need less bandwidth, and messaging can be useful for short check-ins or ongoing coaching-style support. These options make it easier to fit regular sessions into a busy schedule while maintaining a steady therapeutic plan.