Michael Dwyer, BACP
11 years in practice
Michael Dwyer is a counsellor with 11 years of professional experience.
License and registration
- BACP
- 189054 · expires September 2026
- Years in practice
- 11
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Michael
Michael Dwyer is a counsellor with 11 years of professional experience. He works from the United Kingdom and uses practical, down-to-earth methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief and depression. He also supports people facing major life changes and those coping with compassion fatigue and relationship strain.
Michael combines approaches such as Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-based work. Sessions tend to focus on understanding emotional patterns, building clearer communication and learning small, actionable strategies for daily life.
Background and approach
He keeps language straightforward and concentrates on what clients want to change. People come to him for help with sleeping problems, parenting pressures, anger, low self-esteem and trauma or abuse. He also works with issues like body image, chronic illness, cancer-related concerns and caregiver stress.
Michael pays attention to how past attachment experiences may shape current difficulties. His style is warm and collaborative. He aims to create a calm space where people can speak honestly and test new ways of coping.
Discussions are paced to suit each person and tasks between sessions are practical and achievable. Sessions are available by video, phone, live chat or text messaging. International clients can take part in online work.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and sessions are scheduled to suit both parties.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Michael lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- 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
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Michael names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches that suit online therapy sessions
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and work with core emotions that underlie relationship and personal problems. This approach is useful for understanding why certain patterns keep repeating and for changing how people respond emotionally.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them while taking committed action towards valued goals. It can help with anxiety, depression and life transitions by teaching skills to handle difficult inner experiences and choose meaningful steps.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early relationship patterns and how they affect current connections and coping. It can help people make sense of repeated worries about closeness, trust or abandonment and try new ways of relating to themselves and others.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals and preferences. That choice may shift as therapy progresses and new priorities appear.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for brief check-ins and text messaging can support on-the-go reflection. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring duties and travel, while keeping continuity when schedules change.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Michael help with?
He supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, depression and coping with life changes, plus issues such as compassion fatigue, relationship strain, sleeping problems and low self-esteem.
What is his therapeutic style like?
His approach is warm and collaborative, using clear language and practical steps. Sessions focus on emotional patterns, communication and manageable tools for everyday life.
How much experience does he have?
He has eleven years of professional experience working with a broad range of emotional and adjustment difficulties.
What credentials and location are listed?
He is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and works from the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted for online work.
What session formats does he offer?
Sessions can be taken by video call, phone session, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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