Michael Dodden
Helping adults navigate ADHD and burnout
About Michael
Michael Dodden offers practical, down-to-earth support for adults feeling overwhelmed by ADHD, burnout, anxiety or life changes. He speaks plainly about executive difficulties, shame, masking and repeated burnouts so people feel understood without judgement. Michael aims to create a steady, non-rushed space where clients can unmask, breathe, and begin to rebuild routines and self-trust.
Michael trained as a counsellor and coach after a long career in IT and personal experience of late diagnosis and multiple burnouts.
Background and approach
He holds NCPS, which is the Registered member credential with the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society. He brings five years of counselling experience and extensive work in coaching and personal development. Sessions focus on helping people manage anxiety, improve sleep and self-esteem, and cope with grief, trauma or major life changes.
He uses practical CBT strategies to tackle anxious thoughts and executive dysfunction, and draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and act on them. Techniques from dialectical work and emotionally-focused ideas are used when emotional regulation or attachment patterns are central concerns.
Michael also supports people dealing with relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting strain, compassion fatigue and career transitions. He pays attention to nervous-system paced work for chronic stress and pain so progress feels sustainable rather than rushed. The approach is collaborative and tailored to each person’s day-to-day needs.
Clients start by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling sessions. Michael offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging under a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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Sessions & fees
How Michael’s approaches adapt to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps that align with those values. It can reduce avoidance and make everyday choices feel more purposeful. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting and changing unhelpful thoughts and building practical routines to manage anxiety, sleep and executive difficulties. It works well for immediate coping skills and habit change.Choosing the right approach is something the therapist will do together with the client. Michael listens to each person’s goals, symptoms and life context and then suggests which methods to try first. The plan is adjusted as progress appears so therapy stays relevant and achievable.
Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different rhythms of life. Video calls suit longer, interactive work; phone sessions can fit into a break or when screen time is difficult. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework support and people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to keep a consistent pace of sessions around work, family and other commitments.
| 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
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
