Malcolm Bateup, NCPS
14 years in practice
Malcolm Bateup is a psychotherapist with 14 years' experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions and relationship difficulties.
License and registration
- NCPS
- MB00P08 · expires December 2026
- Years in practice
- 14
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Malcolm
Malcolm Bateup is a psychotherapist with 14 years' experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions and relationship difficulties. He also supports people dealing with grief, trauma, intimacy concerns, sleep and eating problems, and career strain. He writes plainly and aims to make the first step feel less daunting for someone searching for help.
He works in an integrative way, drawing on Jungian ideas alongside client-centred and attachment-based perspectives.
Background and approach
That means conversations can move between exploring personal meaning, discussing current patterns, and focusing on practical coping strategies. Sessions are adapted to what each person needs in the moment. Malcolm offers a range of formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, text-based messaging and some face-to-face work when appropriate.
He keeps a monthly clinical supervision practice and has a long background in health work dating back to 1996. His credential NCPS appears with his name and role. In sessions he aims to be approachable and calm, helping people talk through painful or confusing experiences.
He can help with issues such as ADHD, work-related compassion fatigue, parenting strain, and major life changes. He also works with concerns around attachment, abandonment and body image. The initial step is straightforward: choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session.
Malcolm tries to make practical, manageable changes while exploring deeper patterns that affect everyday life.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Malcolm lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Malcolm names
- Jungian Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches that suit online therapy and everyday life
Jungian Therapy looks at personal meaning and the stories people tell about themselves, helping to surface patterns and symbols that influence feelings and behaviour; it can be useful for people who want to explore deeper life questions. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how close relationships shape responses to stress and conflict, which helps when relationship patterns or intimacy issues cause distress. Client-Centred Therapy offers a warm, non-directive space where people set the pace and topics of conversation while the therapist listens and reflects back their experience.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, practical needs and preferences and then try different ways of working to find what helps most. This is a collaborative process that often mixes methods to match a person's changing needs.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and reading facial cues, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed, and messaging suits brief updates or flexible check-ins between sessions. These options make therapy easier to fit around work, travel and caring responsibilities while keeping continuity of care with a registered or accredited professional.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does he help people with?
He supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, grief and relationship difficulties, plus concerns like sleep, eating and career strain.
How would you describe his therapeutic style?
He works in an integrative and approachable way, combining exploration of personal meaning with practical coping strategies and a focus on relationship patterns.
What is his professional background?
He has 14 years of clinical experience and a long history working in the health field since 1996, along with lived experience of mental health.
Where is he based and what credential does he hold?
He practises in the United Kingdom and lists NCPS as his credential.
Can I work with him if I live outside the UK?
Sessions are offered to international clients and are conducted in English.
What session formats are available?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, plus some face-to-face work when appropriate.
How are sessions paid for?
Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time; costs vary with location and therapist arrangements.
How do I begin working with him?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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