MARK O'NEILL, BACP

MARK O'NEILL is a BACP-registered counsellor in the United Kingdom with four years of professional experience. He focuses on common and painful problems such as stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship strain, grief and parenting pressures. He also supports people facing career worries, sleep disruption, low self-esteem and challenges linked to intimacy and life changes.

He works from a person-centred stance that treats the client as the expert on their own life. Sessions aim to identify practical steps and clearer thinking rather than rely on labels. MARK uses straightforward conversation to help people notice patterns and try different ways of responding to old problems.

He also draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to tackle unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. This can be useful for anxiety, sleep problems and managing urges linked to addiction. Narrative and existential approaches are used when people want to reframe their story or make sense of major life shifts.

Sessions tend to be calm and focused. People are invited to talk about specific situations, try short exercises in the session, and then test small changes between meetings. The overall aim is clearer choices and more manageable day-to-day coping.

For someone feeling overwhelmed by family pressures, a difficult separation or the ongoing strain of parenting, he offers a steady professional presence and clear methods to work through those issues.

Therapeutic approaches and how online sessions can work