Mark Mullkoff

(He/Him) Sometimes a problem becomes so familiar that it stops feeling like a separate thing and starts to feel like who you are. Narrative therapy offers a different way of seeing that: the person and the problem are not the same. My work is grounded in the narrative practice of externalising problems — examining how they developed, what histories shaped them, and importantly, where you have already pushed back against their unwanted influence on your life.

This approach is explicitly attentive to power and culture. The ideas our societies carry about how different kinds of people are supposed to live, what they’re supposed to want, and how they’re supposed to show up — these ideas work on us in ways we don’t always notice. They can be useful, or they can be a source of real constraint. Part of what we do together is look at the invitations your particular context has extended to you: which ones fit, which ones don’t, how you’ve responded, and how you’d like to respond.

In a time when people are increasingly shaped by digital culture and social comparison, those questions feel more pressing than ever. Who are you when the screen is off? What values are actually yours?

I offer a free 30-minute consultation to see if we’d work well together. I’d be glad to hear from you.