Michael Dwyer, BACP

Michael Dwyer is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 11 years of professional experience. He holds BACP accreditation, and he works with people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression and major life changes. Michael also supports those dealing with compassion fatigue, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, and sleep difficulties.

His approach is practical and down to earth. Sessions focus on what is happening now and on small steps that can help. He combines methods such as acceptance and commitment work, cognitive behavioural techniques and attachment-informed thinking to suit the person in front of him.

Michael pays attention to life context. He helps people who are coping with chronic illness, caregiving stress, cancer, ageing and bereavement. He also works with issues like body image, codependency, abandonment concerns and communication problems.

Sessions aim to build clearer goals and manageable skills. People may use breathing and grounding, behavior experiments, value-led choices and emotional regulation tools depending on need. Work in therapy often includes looking at patterns from past attachments and learning new ways to relate to oneself and others.

He offers therapy in English and accepts international clients. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is used to connect people to his practice and scheduling is arranged thereafter. Michael frames therapy as a collaborative effort to find useful ways to cope and move forward.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and focus on what matters to them. It often uses short experiential exercises and values-based goals to guide everyday decisions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and uses practical experiments and behaviour changes to reduce distress. These methods are useful for anxiety, depression and sleep problems. Attachment-Based Therapy explores patterns from past relationships that shape how someone connects now, and it can help with long-standing trust, abandonment or relationship issues.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what has or has not helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and review progress as therapy moves on.

If you are considering online therapy please confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking, since the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving or medical needs. It also allows for shorter check-ins, written follow-up tasks and flexible scheduling that may suit busy days. Many people find the same practical techniques - behavioural steps, breathing practice, values planning and emotion regulation tools - translate well to remote sessions with a registered or accredited professional.