Andrew Merz
Supportive counsellor using practical therapeutic approaches
About Andrew
Andrew Merz is a counsellor who uses practical, person-focused approaches to help people move forward. He holds BACP accreditation and has five years of experience working in the United Kingdom. He aims to listen with respect and sensitivity and to adapt sessions to each person's needs.
He draws on a mix of well-established methods, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioural techniques, and attachment-based ideas. In sessions he helps people notice unhelpful patterns, try small changes, and build skills for managing difficult feelings.
Background and approach
The work is conversational and aims to be down-to-earth rather than technical. Common concerns Andrew addresses include stress, anxiety, depression and grief. He also supports people dealing with relationship stresses, intimacy-related issues, addiction and compassion fatigue.
Other areas he can help with include self-esteem, eating and sleeping problems, ADHD, and coping with life changes. Andrew also offers help for a broad range of additional concerns such as attachment and abandonment issues, body image, chronic illness and caregiver stress. He will tailor discussion and practical exercises to what matters most to each person.
The focus is on small, achievable steps that fit everyday life. He works in English and does not take international clients. Sessions are delivered by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging.
To start, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to availability.
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Sessions & fees
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) invites people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings and to focus on values-based action. It is often useful for anxiety, depression and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers structured strategies to reduce distress and change patterns that cause problems. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape current patterns and can help with intimacy issues, abandonment or attachment concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and help decide which methods to try. Sessions are collaborative and can combine elements from different approaches to suit the persons needs and pace.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, ongoing coaching-style support and people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to keep continuity and to use practical tools between meetings.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- 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
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
