Malcolm Bateup

Malcolm Bateup is an integrative psychotherapist and relationship counsellor with 14 years' experience in therapy and a health background going back to 1996. He draws on personal lived experience of mental health and has written a book titled Live Your Life Like You Lived It Before. Malcolm aims to make it easier to begin talking about difficult things and to help people take practical steps forward.

He adapts his approach to whatever an individual brings to sessions. He uses methods from attachment-based work, cognitive behavioural techniques and client-centred listening to help people understand patterns and try different ways of coping. Jungian ideas and elements of the Gottman Method also inform his thinking when relationships are a focus.

Common concerns Malcolm addresses include stress, anxiety, depression and trauma, alongside relationship, intimacy and grief issues. He also supports people dealing with addictions, ADHD, sleep and eating problems, and career or life-change challenges. Additional focuses include body image, caregiver stress and commitment or abandonment issues.

Malcolm emphasises a practical, approachable style. Sessions tend to centre on clear goals, reflective conversation and small experiments to try between meetings. He also receives monthly clinical supervision as part of his ongoing professional practice.

Malcolm works from the United Kingdom and provides therapy in English. To begin, readers are asked to use the site’s Start Therapy button and complete a short questionnaire to be matched and scheduled.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationship patterns shape expectations and reactions today. Online sessions can use this approach to map recurring relationship responses and practise new ways of relating. Client-centred therapy centres on being heard and understood; in remote sessions this often means the counsellor reflects back what is said and helps a person find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviours; it often includes clear tasks and experiments to try between appointments.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The counsellor will work with each person to decide which methods match their needs, goals and comfort. That collaborative choice can change over time as progress is made and priorities shift.

The therapist’s biography references video link and walk-and-talk options alongside face-to-face meetings, but readers should confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also supports continuing therapy during life changes and when arranging sessions across different locations.