About Mark Colclough

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I am Mark Colclough, MA, a psychotherapist and EFT couples therapist in Copenhagen specialising in expats and international couples. I hold further training as a couples therapist, in London and in Denmark. Sessions are available in English and Danish.

My training with individuals is transpersonal, deep and emotion-focused. In plain words: I work with the whole person rather than the symptom. With your conscious self and your unconscious self. With dreams, with what you inherited from the generations before you, with the body, with the feelings, and with what your mind, your body and your feelings are actually telling you.

My training with couples is emotion-focused and attachment-based, learned in Copenhagen and in London. In plain words: I do not referee your arguments and I do not hand out communication techniques. I work with the pattern the 2 of you make together, what each of you does when you stop feeling safe, and what that pulls from the other, until the loop is visible enough to step out of.

My passion, every single day, is to help you move through a crisis, understand your emotional patterns, and rebuild trust in yourself or with your partner. I help you decode your unconscious and bring more awareness into your life. Explore expat psychotherapy or expat couples therapy.

Why expats and bicultural couples come to me

I was born in London and raised English. When I was 12 my family moved to Denmark, and I was raised Danish too. I work in both languages, and I know both cultures from the inside. I have received formal education and training in both England and Denmark. I have lived and worked in 9 countries.

I have also worked as a diving instructor in Egypt, Thailand, Guatemala and Mexico. I know what it is to arrive somewhere new, not speak the language, and have to build a life anyway.

So when you tell me that your partner’s family does not understand you, or that you cannot be yourself in your second language, or that you are no longer sure which country you belong to, you are not explaining it to someone who hasn't truly lived what you're going through.

My style, and what I ask of you

My style is steady, clear, direct and grounded. I meet you with honesty and depth, and I stay fully present with you when the work becomes difficult.

I have zero tolerance for BS.
I do not offer short-term fixes.
I do not work superficially.

I tend to say no to clients who believe that superficial engagement and short-term effort will provide profound changes in life, relationships and inner peace.

How I work

My approach is integrative, humanistic, Jungian and transpersonal. I use emotion focused couples therapy, attachment science, Jungian and archetypal psychology, psychosynthesis, process oriented psychology, and trauma informed methods. I help you slow down emotional intensity and see the patterns that keep repeating. Then we build safer ways of reaching for connection.

I speak English and Danish fluently and at an equal level. I understand the pressures of cross cultural life and relationships that move across cultures and identities. This helps me support you with clarity whether you come alone or as a couple.

Clinical experience in individual and couples psychotherapy

Over the past 2 decades, I have worked with hundreds of clients in individual psychotherapy, and couples therapy. This includes long-term therapeutic processes as well as acute and crisis-based support.

I have sat with people navigating anxiety, relationship breakdown, identity transitions, trauma, and long-standing relationship patterns. This sustained clinical work has given me a clear understanding of what supports change, what blocks it, and what helps people move forward again.

If you have questions, you are welcome to get in touch. We can work out together what’s the right therapy for you.

You can also send me an email

My training and professional background

My professional development spans more than 2 decades of study, supervision, teaching, and clinical work.

Formal psychotherapy education

2011 – MA and professional qualification in Psychosynthesis Psychotherapy from the Psychosynthesis Education Trust and the University of East London, awarded with Merit. Further qualifications in couples therapy from Re-Vision in London and Human Education Group in Denmark.
2011 – 6 week internship at a psychiatric hospital in London, working with individuals who were criminally insane or psychotic within criminal and military court settings.
2006 to 2008 – ID Psychotherapy Years One and Two at ID Academy.

Specialist and postgraduate training

2014 – Masterclass at Kentaur Training on the Seven Personality Types.
2013 – One week masterclass in Rome on neuroscience, neuroplasticity, psychotherapy, and transpersonal psychology.
2012 to 2014 – Transpersonal couples therapy training at Re Vision in London.
2012 to 2013 – Masterclass series with Dr Elinor Greenberg on narcissistic, borderline, and schizoid adaptations.
2012 to 2013 – Masterclass training with Genpo Roshi on integrating Big Mind and Buddhist perspectives into psychotherapy and couples therapy.
2012 – Imago training with the Human Education Group in Denmark.
2010 – Men’s group training with Eli Buren in Copenhagen, Samsø, and Berlin.
2009 – Masterclass with Hanne Hostrup on codependency and personality structures in Couples Gestalt Therapy.

Teaching and training other clinicians

2014 – Trainer at SexologiSkolen, teaching diagnostic methods to sexologists working with couples.
2012 – One day masterclass in Rome, delivered by me, on Jung’s personality types and Stephen Johnson’s character styles.
2011 – Teaching differential diagnosis at a Norwegian transpersonal training school.
2010 – Teaching at a Swedish transpersonal institute.

Recent and ongoing advanced training

2026 – 9 day deep masculine and psychology masterclass with Eli Buren in Zion, Utah.
2025 to 2026 – Further training at the EFT Institute in Copenhagen, EFT/C for couples. This programme strengthens diagnostic skills and clinical competence within the emotion focused therapy modality.
2025 – 4 day foundational training in emotion focused therapy for individuals and couples at the EFT Institute in Copenhagen.
2025 – 3 day masterclass on relational betrayal and infidelity for psychologists and psychotherapists.
2019, 2021 and 2024 – Further men’s training with Eli Buren on Samsø, focused on men in relationships with themselves and in their couples.

Earlier training, before I qualified

2006 to 2009 – Monthly transpersonal meditation groups I offered, based on Jung and Assagioli.
2006 to 2007 – Psychosynthesis and transpersonal foundations with Kenneth Sørensen in Copenhagen.
2006 – Bach Flower Remedies, Level Three, at Dr Bach’s original home in England.
2005 to 2006 – Bach Flower Remedies training in Guatemala, Levels One and Two.
2005 to 2006 – ID Life Coach training at ID Academy with Ole Vadum Dahl.
2000 to 2001 – Tantric Yoga training.

Professional memberships

Clinical supervision

Since 2009 I have been in regular supervision with UKCP accredited supervisors and supervisors from several other modalities. This keeps my work safe, ethical, and grounded.

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The personal work behind my clinical work

My own inner work

I believe a therapist can only take you as far as they have gone themselves. My own work is a central part of how I hold the therapeutic space.

I have been in personal therapy since 1990 and then again from 2003. I have been a client within Jungian analysis, Gestalt therapy, psychosynthesis, transpersonal psychotherapy, CBT, and NLP. This helps me stay aware of my own patterns and meet you with clarity and emotional steadiness.

My own experience in couples therapy

Between 2010 and 2025 I also took part in couples therapy with several partners. This experience taught me what it feels like to sit in the client’s chair and take emotional risks. It helps me understand what strengthens connection and what creates shutdown. It informs how I guide couples through conflict, repair, and reconnection.

Personal interests and background

I live an active and international life.

I have run 3 half marathons. I am a fully qualified PADI diving instructor with further training in Nitrox diving, deep diving, wreck diving, and cave diving.

Those years as an instructor taught me calm decision making under pressure and clear guidance in intense environments.

I have practiced both Hatha yoga and hot yoga for many years. Movement, meditation and breath work are part of my daily way of staying grounded.

I have taken weekly Saunagus for the last 2 years.

In 2025 I completed the qualification as a Saunagus Master.

I now lead Saunagus sessions and events.

This work supports my understanding of group energy, somatic presence, and nervous system regulation.

Where and how we work together

Sessions are available in Copenhagen, in Svendborg, and online.

I offer flexible scheduling, including early mornings, evenings, weekends, intensive formats, and acute support when needed.

I work with individuals, couples, expats and international clients, adapting the format to suit different circumstances and contexts.

My aim is to support you in understanding yourself more clearly and working with the patterns that influence your life or your relationships, at a pace that feels appropriate for you.