Andrew Merz, BACP
5 years in practice
Andrew Merz is a counsellor who uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside other practical approaches to help people through difficult times.
License and registration
- BACP
- 45296 · expires November 2026
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English
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About Andrew
Andrew Merz is a counsellor who uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside other practical approaches to help people through difficult times. He works from a respectful, compassionate stance and adapts conversations to fit each person’s needs. His background includes five years of professional practice in the United Kingdom and membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
He helps people facing depression, anxiety, stress and grief. He also supports those dealing with relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting strain, career worries, and challenges with sleep or eating.
Background and approach
He will talk through how these problems affect daily life and what might be changed. Andrew draws on several methods when planning sessions, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. He uses these tools alongside an attachment-informed outlook to focus on emotions, patterns and practical steps.
Sessions tend to combine understanding feelings with small, manageable tasks between meetings. People who reach out can expect a collaborative approach. Andrew listens first, notices what matters most to the client, and then suggests ways forward.
He aims to make each session clear and focused so progress is easier to track. Work can include support for addiction, ADHD, compassion fatigue and long-term health concerns. He also attends to issues like body image, bereavement and the strain of caregiving.
The style is calm, direct and centred on the person’s priorities.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Andrew lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- 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
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- 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
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- 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
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Andrew 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
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- 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
How emotion-focused and practical methods work online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify and work with core emotions that drive patterns in relationships and daily life. It supports people who feel stuck by naming what they feel and testing new ways of responding. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy encourages noticing thoughts without getting stuck in them, then taking actions that match personal values to reduce struggle. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy focuses on spotting thoughts and behaviours that keep problems going and practising small changes to break the cycle.Choosing the best approach is part of the work. The counsellor will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences. That may mean blending approaches, checking in about what helps, and changing course if something isn’t useful.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into life. Video is useful for a fuller conversation and visual cues, phone works when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, and messaging suits brief reflections or ongoing support between sessions. These options support flexibility, reduce travel time and make it simpler to keep regular appointments.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does this counsellor help with?
He supports people with depression, anxiety, stress and grief, plus relationship and intimacy-related issues. His work also covers parenting strain, career worries, addiction and long-term health concerns.
What is the therapy style like in sessions?
Sessions combine Emotionally-Focused Therapy with practical tools such as CBT and ACT. The focus is on understanding emotions and trying small tasks to change unhelpful patterns.
What experience does the counsellor have?
He has five years of professional experience working in the United Kingdom. His practice centres on listening, sensitive dialogue and tailored plans.
What credential does he hold and where is he based?
He holds BACP membership, which is recorded as BACP, and he practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English. He does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be held by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. This gives options for different schedules and communication styles.
How are costs handled?
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