Background

 

Dr Mark Guyers is a HCPC Registered Clinical Psychologist, with experience of working with a wide range of mental and physical health difficulties. Mark has a BSc (Hons) in Applied Psychology, a MSc in the Clinical Applications of Psychology, a PGCert in Low Intensity Psychological Therapies and a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Sheffield. Mark works in both private practice and the NHS. 

 

Mark is experienced in working with children, young people and adults, and specialises in working with children and their parents who have long term health conditions.

 

Mark is the co-creator of the paediatric diabetes ‘Ormskirk Model’. The model prompts parents and professionals to talk about HbA1c and Time-In-Range with children in a compassionate manner. The Model is endorsed by the NHS and is used in Canada, USA, Europe, India and Southeast Asia. It has been translated into 24 languages.

 

Mark has delivered presentations at 9 UK conferences and in 2023 presented work understanding the parental experience of a diagnosis cystic fibrosis in their newborn baby at the 46th European Cystic Fibrosis Conference in Vienna. In 2025 he presented work at the European Paediatric Psychology Conference on the psychological impact of transition from children’s to adult services in healthcare. 

 

Mark has also delivered lectures on Clinical Psychology Doctoral and Nursing programs in the North West on Visual Differences and the application of clinical psychology in acute settings to aspiring nurses. 

 

Additionally, he has served as a honorary lecturer at Liverpool Hope University and at the University of Lancashire for the last 8 years, delivering lectures to aspiring physiotherapists.

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​​The therapeutic approaches Mark draws upon:

 

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

• Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)

• Narrative Therapy

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) 

• Mindfulness

• Person Centred Therapy

• Integrative Therapy  

 

Publications

 

Bray, D., Guyers, M., & Ng, May. (2021). Unleashing the solution-focused power of the Ormskirk Model by minding your language. Diabetes Care for Children & Young People, 10, 1-7.

 

Guyers, M., Bray, D., Ng, May. (2020). Language matters;images matter too. The Ormskirk Model: A new HbA1c-time-in-range solution focused model. Diabetes care for children and young people, 9(2), 1-9.

 

Guyers, M. (2020). Changing conversations in suicide risk management. A new model called RISK. Discovering resources, creating increments, increasing sharing and improving knowledge. Clinical psychology forum, 334, 51-55.

 

Guyers, M., Simm, R., & Bray, D. (2019). Doing diabetes differently: An overview of solution-focused approaches in paediatric diabetes care. Diabetes care for children and young people, 8(4), 1-7. 

 

Guyers, M., Baxter, R., Bodycote, H., Willgoose, A., & Ziemba, D. (2019). Behind the screens: Practitioners’ experiences of supporting computerised CBT. Clinical psychology forum, 317, 28-30. 

 

Lamph, G., Sampson, M.J., Smith, D., Williamson, G., & Guyers, M. (2018) "Can an interactive e-learning training package improve the understanding of personality disorder within mental health professionals?", The journal of mental health training, education and practice, 13(2), 124-134

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