About Michael
Michael James is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief and depression. He also supports those dealing with trauma, addiction, intimacy issues and life changes. Michael works in a calm, person-centred way that puts the client's needs first and encourages practical steps forward.
He brings 28 years of experience and a BACP accreditation, and he offers a steady, reflective presence in sessions. His work often invites people to look at identity, meaning and purpose as part of healing.
How Michael works
That might feel like talking through patterns, noticing what keeps someone stuck, and trying small different ways of responding. Mindfulness is a regular part of his approach, described simply as intentional awareness. Michael uses short, practical awareness practices alongside conversation to help people recognise unhelpful habits and begin to change them.
He does not insist on formal meditation; the focus is on what helps each person in daily life. Attachment-based ideas and emotionally focussed work also inform how he talks about relationships and closeness. In sessions he pays attention to how people connect and what makes relationships feel safer or more difficult.
This can help with intimacy, communication and long-standing attachment wounds. Michael frames therapy as a collaborative exploration rather than a lecture. He encourages clients to set aims and try personalised steps between sessions.
His aim is to help people move from understanding to manageable practical change. Sessions are offered in English and Michael accepts international clients. People can expect a thoughtful, steady style that combines conversation, present-centred awareness and practical coaching where helpful.
Michael lists 10 ways of working on the entry:
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 28 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Michael’s approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that reflect their values. Online sessions can use simple exercises and short awareness practices to help someone try new ways of acting between meetings. Attachment-based therapy looks at how past and present relationship patterns shape feelings of safety and closeness. In video or phone work the therapist and client look at interaction styles and explore small changes that improve connection and intimacy. Client-centred therapy focuses on being heard and understood without judgement, giving space for people to find their own solutions at their pace.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Michael will collaborate with the client to decide what feels most useful based on their goals and preferences. That might mean blending methods and trying different techniques until a good fit is found.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for emotional work, phone sessions suit people with lower bandwidth or who prefer not to be on camera, and live chat or text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins or shorter exchanges. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family or travel while keeping continuity of support.
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