Press

1 December, 2024

Mark was asked to provide comment on behalf of his professional body, the UKCP, on how to cope with difficult feelings over the Christmas period.

23 August, 2024

Mark provided comment for The Guardian’s column ‘Ask Annalisa Barbieri’ as an expert contributor on a reader’s question relating to how friendships change as we move into our adult working years and how to bear the disappointment of friendships moving in different directions.

8 July, 2024

Mark provided comment in his role as a spokesperson for The UKCP, the professional body for psychotherapy in the UK, on how it is often our idea of how the weather should be in a season that leads us to feel disappointed rather than the weather itself.

20 June, 2024

Mark was asked to provide comment to Business Insider on the Generation Z phenomenon of ‘Quiet Quitting” friendships and how this can be simply a way of avoiding having difficult conversations with someone with whom a friendship is simply no longer working.

15 June, 2024

Mark was interviewed by The Independent on the topic of friendships. He was asked to discuss the optimal number of friends, what factors influence this and the paradox of how having too many friends can leave someone feeling depleted and alone.

21 May, 2024

Third and final part of Sam Jahara’s interview with New Zealand based podcast show CultChat on her experience of growing up in the Osho / Rajneesh cult and the impact of this experience on her and other children who grew up in this cult.

30 April, 2024

Part 2 of Sam Jahara’s interview with New Zealand based podcast show CultChat on her experience of growing up in the Osho / Rajneesh cult and the impact of this experience on her and other children who grew up in this cult.

10 April, 2024

Mark was invited by Yahoo!Life to provide comment on the importance of touch in human interactions and how it contributes to a reduction in mental and physical pain.

6 April, 2024

Mark was interviewed by Ladbible – the biggest social publisher in the world – on how using a scheduling method to build in time to connect may be key to maintaining a connected and intimate relationship.

31 March, 2024

Mark was interviewed by lifestyle brand Stylist on the 7-7-7 relationship method commenting on how intimate relationships require partners to commit to spending time each week to connect.