Michael Broad
Counselling to rebuild confidence and manage stress
About Michael
Michael Broad is a counsellor in the United Kingdom and a member of the National Counselling Society (NCPS). He draws on three years of practice to tailor sessions to each person's situation. He aims to help people reduce anxiety, manage stress and lift low mood so they can feel more confident and able to cope.
He works in an integrative way, choosing methods that match the person and the problem.
Background and approach
Early on he focuses on practical steps to ease overwhelming symptoms such as overthinking and panic. Once those are steadier, he helps people look into the feelings and life events behind them. Michael pays attention to how early experiences shape current relationships and self-view.
He uses that understanding to help people change patterns that no longer serve them. This includes support for those dealing with addiction and for people wanting to live more productively without substance use. Sessions aim to build resilience and strengthen resources the person already has.
Michael believes people can take responsibility for their lives and write new chapters when they choose to. Work in therapy can include examining relationship issues, grief, parenting challenges, anger and career pressures. He offers straightforward, paced conversations that combine practical coping skills with deeper reflection.
The goal is practical improvement now and more lasting change over time. If someone feels ready to start, Michael encourages the next step of arranging an initial match and session.
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Sessions & fees
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and worries that get in the way of living a meaningful life.Client-Centred Therapy focuses on offering a non-judgemental, attentive space where people can speak freely. This approach helps when someone needs to build self-trust and explore difficult feelings at their own pace.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michael will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, and then shape sessions together. That collaborative process helps choose techniques that fit the person rather than imposing a single method.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who find writing easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caring duties and daily life, while keeping the focus on steady progress.
| 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
What this therapist works with
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- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
