Dr Marc Boaz
Marc is an existential psychotherapist, clinical and research supervisor working in Brighton (UK) and online (UK, Europe and internationally). He is also a visiting Professor of Mental Health and Psychotherapy at the University of Northampton, UK, a visiting Senior Research Fellow (Hon) at the University of Sussex, UK, and teaches at the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling (NSPC), UK. Marc is an author of works on interpersonal trauma, childhood adversity and neurodivergence.
He is a former founding member of the UK Trauma Council (hosted by the UK charity Anna Freud). Marc has a background in social research and social policy, having been a director in the UK charity and public sectors focusing on mental health, disability, health and youth. He has worked with Governments, public sector bodies and NGOs (in the UK, Europe, and internationally) on legislative and policy reform, approaches to research and insight, engagement and involvement, and service change.
Marc’s latest book explores psychotherapeutic approaches to working with people’s experiences of trauma: An Existential Approach to Interpersonal Trauma (Routledge, 2022), and is consolidated in his contribution to an edited collection on existential-phenomenological insights into post-traumatic growth (Routledge, 2025), an edited collection on rediscovering existential wellness in the wake of trauma (Ethics International Press, 2026) and two forthcoming collections (2027/8).
Existential Psychotherapy
Making space for what it means to be human.
I offer existential psychotherapy in person (Brighton and Hove) and online (UK, Europe and internationally) to provide a thoughtful, non-judgemental space to explore what is happening in your life, deepen your understanding of yourself, and find new ways of approaching life's challenges.
Primarily I work with people who have experienced trauma (particularly neglect and sexual violence), dissociation, facing existential and life crises, and/or have complex family relationships.
Existential psychotherapy offers a relationship where you can explore these experiences at your own pace, and understand their impacts on your sense of yourself, others, and the world around you. Therapy is not about having all the answers. It is about exploring questions you have about your life, making sense of your experiences, and discovering ways of living with more meaning and purpose, and in ways that feel right for you.
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Clinical supervision
I offer existential-phenomenological clinical supervision for counselling psychotherapists, psychotherapists and counsellors.
My practice focuses on supporting practitioners working predominantly with clients who have experiences of:
trauma and dissociation - particularly sexual violence, domestic violence, intimate partner violence, abuse and neglect.
relationships and psychosexual concerns - specifically around trauma-related impacts.
familial complexity.
existential and life crises.
neurodivergence - particularly autism, ADHD and complex presentations.
With colleagues I have also co-developed a specific approach to existential-phenomenological clinical supervision, which focuses on the incorporation of movement and somatic processes in psychotherapeutic practice and relationships.
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