Michael Harland, BACP
Michael Harland is a counsellor who aims to help people access feelings that matter to them.
About Michael
Michael Harland is a counsellor who aims to help people access feelings that matter to them. He focuses on understanding emotions rather than just changing thoughts, so people can make lasting sense of difficult experiences. Michael writes plainly and works to make sessions clear and manageable for someone who may be anxious about starting therapy.
He uses depth-focused work that pays attention to feelings and the patterns that keep them alive.
Background and approach
This can help with worries, low mood, stress, relationship and intimacy concerns, or questions about identity and desire. He also draws on mindfulness to help people notice their experience in the moment without judgement. Michael has five years' experience and is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
He works from a perspective that considers how past attachments and early experiences shape present reactions. That might include looking at abandonment, adoption, attachment issues, or complex family dynamics. Sessions can cover a wide range of difficulties including anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, ADHD, addictions, grief, body image and chronic illness.
He is also familiar with exploring kink and alternative sexual culture, blended family issues and communication problems. The focus is on what matters to the person in front of him, not on labels. People can expect a calm, reflective way of working that combines psychodynamic thinking and mindfulness practices.
Michael accepts international clients and runs sessions online by video, phone, chat or text messaging.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 394011 | March 2026 |
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Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Cost Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Michael lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- ADHD
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- 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
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Workplace issues
Ways of working Michael names
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor lists and does not check training records.
How psychodynamic and mindfulness work online
Psychodynamic work looks at how past relationships and early experiences shape the way people feel now. Online sessions offer space to notice patterns that repeat in relationships and in everyday life; this approach can help with long-standing worries, attachment issues and persistent mood problems.Mindfulness therapy teaches simple ways to pay attention to present experience. It uses short exercises and guided noticing to reduce reactivity to stress and to support emotional regulation. This can be helpful for anxiety, sleep problems and coping with chronic illness or pain.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Michael will work together with a person to identify what feels most helpful, adjusting the balance between depth work and mindfulness based on needs and goals. That collaborative decision is revisited as therapy continues.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video helps keep visual contact and richer interaction, phone sessions can fit a short break at work or require less bandwidth, and chat or messaging suits brief check-ins or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options let people fit therapy around school, work and family commitments while still accessing registered or accredited professionals.
Frequently asked
What issues can Michael help with?
He works with a broad range of concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, addiction, grief and intimacy-related issues.
What is his therapeutic style like?
His approach prioritises feelings and emotional depth while also using mindfulness to help people notice their experience in the present.
How much experience does he have?
He has five years of experience as a practising counsellor.
What professional credentials and location are listed?
He is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and works with people in the United Kingdom and internationally.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How do costs and payments work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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