Michael Carrington
Supportive UK counsellor for stress and identity concerns
About Michael
Michael Carrington is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with three years of practice and a BACP registration. He offers straightforward, respectful support for people feeling overwhelmed or stuck. Sessions focus on what matters most to the individual and move at a pace that suits them.
Michael blends a few different approaches to meet each person’s needs. He uses Client-Centred techniques to build trust and help people find their own solutions.
Background and approach
He also draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try practical exercises between sessions. People come to him for many reasons including stress, anxiety, depression, grief and relationship concerns. He also supports issues around identity, LGBT matters, gender dysphoria, and non-traditional relationship styles such as polyamory.
Other areas of focus include addictions, trauma, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem and sexual concerns such as sex addiction or kink-related worries. Michael offers a calm, non-judgemental stance and listens for what really matters to each person. He helps clients talk through painful or confusing feelings and tests small changes in thinking or behaviour to see what helps most.
Therapy sessions can include open conversation, focused problem-solving, and practical exercises to use outside appointments. Michael works online through video, phone, chat or messaging, and will agree a way of working that fits the person’s life and goals.
What Michael works with
How Michael works
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Sessions & fees
Approaches used in online counselling and what they do
Michael uses Client-Centred Therapy to create a respectful, accepting space where a person can speak openly and be heard. This approach focuses on the client's own priorities and helps them arrive at their own solutions.He also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or CBT to identify unhelpful thoughts and try practical steps to change them. CBT can be useful for anxiety, low mood, sleep problems and patterns that interfere with day-to-day life.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about their needs, goals and preferences and together they will decide which methods to try. It is common to use more than one approach and to adjust the plan as therapy progresses.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging which makes it easier to fit therapy around work, family or travel. Video is best for a face-to-face conversation, phone can work with lower bandwidth, chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging allows reflection between sessions. These options give flexibility so people can find the format that works for them.
| 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
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
