Michael James
Experienced person-centred counsellor focused on practical change
About Michael
Michael James welcomes people who are feeling stuck, overwhelmed or unsure what to do next. He aims to make space for honest conversation and to help clients take practical steps toward clearer direction. Michael writes in plain language and keeps sessions focused on what matters now.
He draws on 28 years of experience and works from a person-centred viewpoint. That means the session follows the client's priorities and pace rather than a fixed plan.
Background and approach
Conversations look at how thoughts, feelings and habits get in the way, and then test simple ways to try something different. Mindfulness is part of his work and is offered as intentional awareness rather than a set ritual. Clients are invited to notice patterns in small, manageable ways and to try short practices between sessions.
This often helps with anxiety, sleep, concentration and emotional reactivity. Attachment-based and emotionally focused ideas inform how he approaches relationships and intimacy issues. The focus is on understanding how early patterns shape current reactions and on building new interaction habits that reduce conflict and increase connection.
Michael also uses elements of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and existential thinking to help people find meaning and direction after loss, trauma or major life change. He accepts clients in the United Kingdom and internationally and conducts work in English. Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging.
Costs vary by location and use a cancellable subscription model. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.
What Michael works with
How Michael works
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Sessions & fees
Practical approaches for online therapy and connection
Michael commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck and then commit to actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression and life transitions. He also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and to develop more supported ways of relating. Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas are used when relationship repair and intimacy are the focus, helping people identify core emotions and change interaction patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with clients about goals, preferences and what feels workable. Together they try different ideas and settle on methods that fit the person's life and aims in a collaborative way.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls let people work face to face without travel, while phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat and text messaging suit shorter check-ins or times when writing feels easier. These options make it easier to keep momentum and to fit therapy around daily life.
| 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
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- 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
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 28 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
