Michael Carrington, BACP

Michael Carrington is a BACP counsellor practising in the United Kingdom. He brings three years of professional experience and a calm, straightforward manner to sessions. Michael aims to make it easier to talk about difficult feelings and find clearer ways forward. He works with people facing stress, anxiety and depression, and supports those dealing with grief, trauma and addictions. Relationship and intimacy concerns are also common topics, as are sleep problems, anger and self-esteem. Michael has a particular focus on LGBT matters, gender dysphoria, and issues around kink and alternative sex culture. His approach blends several ways of working to suit each person. Client-Centred Therapy underpins a respectful, listening-based relationship where the client’s perspective guides the work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to spot unhelpful thinking and try small changes that can make daily life easier. Psychodynamic and existential ideas are drawn on to look at past patterns and what gives life meaning. Sessions are conversational and practical. Michael helps people name what is happening, try out different responses, and reflect on how past experiences shape current choices. He discusses goals and adapts methods as therapy progresses. Michael offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to fit different needs. He works in English and does not take international clients. To begin, a short matching questionnaire and scheduling step are used to pair people with his practice.

How Michael’s approaches work online

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on understanding the client's view and building a respectful, listening relationship. Online sessions using this approach prioritise what matters most to the person and follow their pace, which can help with anxiety and self-esteem issues.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and tests small behavioural changes to reduce distress. In online work CBT can be very practical - setting short experiments between sessions, using brief exercises in chat or follow-up notes to track progress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michael will talk with the client about goals, preferences and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and review progress as therapy continues in a collaborative way.

Online formats offer flexibility to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls allow a face-to-face feel for deeper conversations, phone sessions require less bandwidth, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging gives space to reflect between messages. These options make it easier to keep continuity and adapt how sessions are run to what works best for the client.