About Michael
Michael Dodden welcomes adults who feel overwhelmed by stress, ADHD, chronic exhaustion, or relationship strain. He presents a calm, non-judgemental presence and helps people untangle painful patterns. Michael aims to make therapy a place to exhale rather than perform.
He draws on five years as a counsellor and a longer background in coaching to offer straightforward, practical support. Sessions move at the client's pace, with room to talk about neurodivergence, emotional overwhelm, and the everyday pressures of work and parenting.
How Michael works
Michael also uses tools for managing anxiety, sleep problems, and low self-worth. Work often focuses on handling executive dysfunction, rejection sensitivity, and the fallout of burnout. Techniques from cognitive behavioural approaches and acceptance-based work are used alongside emotion-focused ideas to help people change unhelpful patterns.
Conversations can include practical exercises, breath and body regulation, and ways to shift thinking that makes life harder. Michael understands what it is to navigate late diagnosis and long periods of masking. He combines that lived experience with training and additional professional development in neurodivergence, trauma, and emotional regulation.
This helps him recognise the small, important steps that make a difference day to day. Sessions are offered in English and take place online through video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Getting started means completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling sessions to suit individual availability.
Michael works from the United Kingdom and is a member of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS).
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What Michael works with
The areas below are the ones Michael selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches you can use in online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, invites people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings without trying to erase them, then focus on actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, low mood, and the frustration that comes from feeling stuck. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, often called CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behaviour that keep problems going. It offers practical strategies to manage anxiety, sleeping problems, executive difficulties and low self-worth through small, repeatable tasks. Emotionally-Focused Therapy aims to help people recognise and name core feelings and to change how they respond in emotional moments. This can be useful for anyone struggling with trust, intimacy-related issues or repairing important relationships. Finding the best approach is a shared task. The therapist will work collaboratively to match methods to the client's goals, preferences and life circumstances. Sometimes techniques from different approaches are combined to suit what is happening right now. Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging adds practical flexibility. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging suit brief check-ins, written reflection, or when a shorter, more frequent touchpoint fits around work or caring responsibilities. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt sessions so therapy fits everyday life rather than the other way around.Start online instead of waiting
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