Michael Dwyer
Practical, experienced counsellor for life changes
About Michael
Michael Dwyer is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 11 years of professional practice. He offers calm, straightforward support for people dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, depression and big life changes. He also works with those facing compassion fatigue, trauma and abuse, and concerns around sleep and self-esteem.
Michael uses clear, practical conversation to help people name what matters most. He draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Attachment-Based Therapy to shape sessions around each person’s needs.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to clarify unhelpful patterns and build small, doable steps people can try between meetings. His work includes support around relationship difficulties, parenting strain, LGBT issues and anger, as well as longer-term challenges like chronic illness, caregiving stress and body image. He pays attention to attachment and abandonment concerns when these show up in people’s stories.
Michael also helps people who struggle with control, dependency or commitment issues. Conversations are practical and person-focused. The counsellor listens, reflects, and offers tools you can use day to day.
People who prefer a gentle but direct style tend to find this approach useful. Michael accepts international clients and runs sessions across video, phone, live chat and text messaging. Costs vary by location and a subscription model is used that can be cancelled at any time.
To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a time that works for you.
What Michael works with
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Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on identifying personal values and taking small actions that move someone toward a more meaningful life. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, known as CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and offers practical techniques to change patterns that cause distress. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationships shape current ways of connecting and can help when people struggle with trust, abandonment or intense emotional reactions.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Michael will work collaboratively to decide which methods suit a person’s goals and preferences. He adapts techniques from different approaches so the plan fits the individual rather than forcing a single method.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls are useful for more in-depth work and face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for those who prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins and more frequent contact between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel 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
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- 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
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 11 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
