Marco Schilling, BACP

Marco Schilling is a qualified psychotherapeutic counsellor who combines a calm, compassionate manner with practical clinical experience to help people navigate current difficulties and longer-term issues. With four years of clinical work, he supports clients who are dealing with grief, relationship challenges, anxiety, depression, stress, addictions and other life transitions, offering space to explore underlying thoughts, feelings and patterns that may be holding them back.

Drawing on an integrative orientation that brings together client-centered and psychodynamic ideas, Marco helps clients increase self-awareness and make sense of how past experiences influence present behaviour. He works collaboratively and at each person’s pace, recognising that present problems often have roots in earlier relationships and life events and that change can take time and gentle reflection.

His background includes work within the NHS and roles as a bereavement counsellor and support worker, where he has supported people with chronic mental health conditions, autism and learning difficulties. Originally from Switzerland, he has lived and worked in several countries and values a multicultural perspective on wellbeing. He also brings a creative outlook from experience in music and television production and takes a holistic view of personal growth, spirituality and self-expression.

Marco is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - BACP - which means he follows the professional and ethical guidance set by that organisation. He offers a free introductory phone call to discuss questions and to consider how best to work together, and provides therapy in English and German via in-person, video and telephone sessions.

Bringing Client-Centered and Psychodynamic Work Online

Marco uses client-centered therapy to build a warm, accepting therapeutic relationship in which the client’s own goals and perspectives guide the work. This approach focuses on understanding a person’s present experience and supporting self-directed change, which can be helpful for issues like stress, low self-esteem and everyday relationship concerns.

Psychodynamic therapy is used to explore how past relationships and early experiences influence current patterns and emotional responses. By gently examining recurring themes and unconscious dynamics, this approach can assist people working with trauma, attachment difficulties and recurring relational problems.

Deciding which approach fits best is a collaborative process. Marco will work with each client to identify needs, priorities and preferences, and he will adapt methods and pace as the therapeutic relationship develops.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care across life changes and allow registered professionals and therapists to offer consistent support in a way that suits each client.