About Michael
Michael Schmool helps people who are feeling stressed, anxious or low. He supports those facing relationship strains, family problems, parenting challenges, grief and trauma. He also offers support for issues such as low self-esteem, anger, intimacy concerns and career stress.
Michael is a BACP member, which means he works within the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy framework. He describes himself as kind and easy going. His background includes work in advertising, media, publishing and photography across two continents.
How Michael works
That varied experience informs a down-to-earth approach to conversations about difficult feelings. Sessions focus on creating a calm space to talk and reflect. He helps people notice patterns in their relationships and feelings, and supports them to make practical steps forward.
Work may include looking at attachment and abandonment concerns, communication problems, codependency and commitment worries. Michael brings four years of counselling experience to his practice. He offers guidance around coping with life changes, natural or human-caused disasters, divorce and separation, and fatherhood issues.
He also helps people dealing with guilt, shame, infidelity, isolation and the sense of emptiness. People can expect a warm, non-judgemental setting where the pace is set by them. Michael aims to support and empower clients as they explore what matters most and decide on next steps.
Sessions are offered in English and he works with international clients when needed.
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
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online access
Michael works from evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on understanding feelings and relationships. One common approach he uses is person-centred counselling, which centres on listening without judgement and helping people find their own direction. This method suits issues like low self-esteem, grief and general anxiety by encouraging self-exploration and personal insight.He also addresses attachment and abandonment concerns by looking at how early relationship patterns influence current behaviour. That often involves noticing repeated relationship patterns and experimenting with new ways of relating to others, which can help with intimacy issues, commitment worries and codependency.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. He will collaborate with each client to choose techniques that fit their goals, preferences and the problems they bring. This means plans can change over time as different methods prove useful together.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for many people. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when travel is difficult. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a break at work. Live chat and text messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, ongoing support and when writing feels easier than speaking. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and accessible for a range of schedules and needs.
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