Malcolm Bateup, NCPS

Malcolm Bateup is an integrative psychotherapist and relationship counsellor with 14 years of clinical experience. He has worked in health settings since 1996 and draws on personal lived experience of mental health. He encourages people to reach out and start talking rather than carrying difficulties alone.

In sessions he adapts his approach to each person. He blends methods such as attachment-based work, client-centred listening, and cognitive behavioural techniques. That means conversations focus on what matters now, exploring patterns and trying practical steps to shift them.

He also uses perspectives from the Gottman method and Jungian ideas where they help make sense of relationships and deeper personal themes. Malcolm describes his style as approachable and straightforward. He aims to put people at ease from the first contact.

Malcolm has an authorial background and has written about living fully after hard times. He continues to take monthly clinical supervision to reflect on his work. The NCPS credential appears in his profile and is used as supplied.

People come to him for many issues, including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, addictions, depression, and relationship concerns. He also supports people dealing with grief, sleep or eating difficulties, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem problems and major life changes.

When someone decides to begin, he helps them choose an approach that fits their situation. He works collaboratively to set goals, review progress, and adjust methods so therapy stays relevant to the person sitting in the room.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Malcolm uses attachment-based ideas and client-centred work to help people feel heard and understood. Attachment-based work looks at patterns between people and how early experiences shape current relationships, which can be useful for relationship strain and intimacy concerns. Client-centred therapy focuses on empathetic listening and helping the person find their own solutions, which suits people wanting a respectful, paced space to think through problems.

He also draws on cognitive behavioural therapy or CBT to identify unhelpful thinking and try practical behaviour changes. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, stress and sleep or eating difficulties because it breaks problems into small, manageable steps and experiments.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they’ll try methods and review progress, switching emphasis if something is not helping.

Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by cutting travel time or allowing sessions during a lunch break. The biography indicates that he has worked via video link and walk-and-talk as options; please confirm the current session formats when booking. Online work still focuses on practical changes, reflective conversation and clear next steps, while being organised to suit everyday routines.