Murray Harvey
Practical, honest counselling to manage life's pressures
About Murray
Murray Harvey is a counsellor with a Bachelor of Arts in counselling and a masters in psychology. He has three years of professional experience and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). He aims to be straightforward and honest in sessions and focuses on creating a clear, practical way forward with each person he meets.
Murray knows what it is like to struggle with strong anxiety, panic and low mood.
Background and approach
He draws on those personal experiences to be empathetic and to notice what someone might be finding hard in day-to-day life. He describes his work as pluralistic - using different methods to match what each person needs rather than sticking to one formula. In sessions he listens first and then helps clients try practical tools to manage stress, anxiety and mood shifts.
He also supports people who are dealing with major life changes, self-esteem concerns and issues around attachment. Murray works with clients who have diagnoses such as bipolar disorder and those coping with eating or dissociative experiences, always tailoring the pace to the individual. His style is direct but warm.
He emphasises clear discussion about therapy goals, and will say if a different approach is needed. Outside of work Murray is interested in music, walking his dog and ongoing study about human behaviour. Murray practises in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English.
He uses a variety of ways to meet, letting people choose the format that fits their routine and needs.
What Murray works with
How Murray works
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Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches for online counselling
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current connections and emotional responses. It helps people understand patterns in their relationships and how those patterns affect stress and self-esteem. Client-centred therapy puts the person at the heart of sessions, with the counsellor offering acceptance and reflective listening so clients can find their own solutions and build confidence.Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours. It offers practical strategies to reduce anxiety, manageable steps for coping with panic or low mood, and tasks to try between sessions. Murray blends these approaches with a pluralistic stance, working together with each person to decide which mix of methods fits their goals and preferences.
Online formats make that collaborative process more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when fuller interaction is wanted. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging suit short check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, or people who find writing easier than speaking.
Across these options, the therapist will discuss what feels most useful and adjust the approach as work progresses so the method stays aligned with the client's needs and goals.
| 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
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Hearing impaired
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
