About Michael
Michael Dwyer is a counsellor with 11 years of experience based in the United Kingdom. He supports people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression and sudden life changes. He also helps those struggling with compassion fatigue, sleep problems, parenting strain and low self-esteem.
Michael works with a wide range of concerns, including trauma and abuse, relationship difficulties, anger and LGBT issues. He pays attention to related topics such as attachment and abandonment, chronic illness and caregiver stress, body image, and cancer-related distress.
How Michael works
Short-term goals and day-to-day coping are common focuses in his sessions. His background includes professional practice in the UK and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. That membership reflects a commitment to ongoing professional standards and ethical practice.
Michael draws on several therapeutic approaches to match each person’s needs. Sessions are conversational and practical. He listens first, then helps people try small, manageable steps that relate to their goals.
Homework or simple exercises are offered when helpful, such as breathing techniques, behavioural experiments or values-based actions. People choose Michael when they want clear guidance without jargon. He aims to make sessions approachable and straightforward, with an emphasis on building coping skills and improving day-to-day functioning.
Michael lists 14 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
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
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and life transitions because it focuses on meaningful action rather than fighting thoughts.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape current relationships and emotional responses. It can help people understand patterns in close connections and reduce repeated cycles of withdrawal or avoidance.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Michael will talk about options, listen to what you want, and try methods that fit your goals and preferences. The choice of technique can change as progress is made, and sessions are adjusted to what helps most.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be shorter or easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick check-ins, brief reflections or those who prefer writing to speaking. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caregiving or travel while keeping the focus on steady progress.
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