Marcus Pugh, BACP

Marcus Pugh is a BACP-registered counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with 12 years of professional experience. He works with people who are feeling anxious, depressed, overwhelmed by stress, or struggling with addictions and relationship difficulties. He also addresses trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy concerns, codependency patterns, and other life changes.

Marcus approaches sessions believing the client is the expert on their life. He listens first, and offers time to talk through thoughts, feelings and practical needs. He makes space for people to find their own answers while also offering alternative perspectives or suggestions when useful.

In practice Marcus uses Client-Centred Therapy alongside Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Existential ideas. That means conversations often move between listening to what matters most now and trying small changes that shift unhelpful thinking or behaviour. Mindfulness and Motivational Interviewing techniques are also used to build focus and momentum where needed.

Sessions tend to be straightforward and conversational. Marcus will help decode patterns such as people-pleasing, trouble saying no, or living around someone else’s moods so the client can make clearer choices. He will also support practical steps for sleep, eating, anger or addictive behaviours.

People who come to Marcus get clear, plain talk about what is happening and what can be tried next. He asks about goals, checks progress and adjusts the approach as the work progresses. To begin he directs people to the online therapy options and a short matching questionnaire before booking a first session.

How Marcus applies therapeutic approaches online