Michael James, BACP
28 years in practice
Michael James is a counsellor with 28 years' experience who helps people facing anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain and life changes.
License and registration
- BACP
- 107253 · expires June 2026
- Years in practice
- 28
- 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 James is a counsellor with 28 years' experience who helps people facing anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain and life changes. He works with many concerns including stress, trauma and abuse, addictions, ADHD and intimacy-related issues. His practice also supports people dealing with career questions, body image, sleep problems and compassion fatigue.
He draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside client-centred and attachment-based ways of working. Sessions are guided by what the person brings, and conversations aim to clarify feelings and improve how people connect with themselves and others.
Background and approach
He also uses elements of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and existential ideas where they fit. Mindfulness features as intentional awareness in his work. That means simple present-moment noticing to help people spot repetitive patterns and choose different responses.
Mindfulness is offered as a practical tool rather than an abstract goal, and it is matched to each person’s pace. Michael describes his approach as trauma aware. He pays attention to how past or current trauma can shape present difficulties and uses body awareness and reflective dialogue to help people reframe meaning and direction in life.
Therapy is collaborative and paced to each person's needs. He is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, works across a wide range of issues, and offers sessions for people in the United Kingdom and internationally in English.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Michael lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- 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
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- 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
- Existential Therapy
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused 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 guide online work
Michael uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people identify and make sense of strong emotions in relationships and personal life. EFT focuses on emotional experience and connection, which can help with relationship strain, attachment issues and feelings of disconnection.He also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, a practical approach that encourages noticing thoughts and choosing actions that match personal values. ACT can be useful for anxiety, depression, chronic stress and coping with life changes.
Attachment-based work is used to examine patterns that began in early relationships and how they show up now. This approach helps people understand why they react in certain ways and find clearer, healthier ways of relating.
Finding the right approach is treated as a joint task. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and adapt methods over time so the work fits the person. That collaborative process helps people try different ways of working until something feels helpful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. Video is useful for fuller dialogue and non-verbal cues, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat or texts suit brief check-ins or when typed reflection feels easier. These options offer flexibility to fit work, family and travel commitments while keeping therapy consistent and ongoing.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does he work with?
He helps with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, addictions, ADHD and many related concerns such as sleep, eating and career questions.
What is his style in sessions?
Sessions are person-centred and collaborative. He focuses on emotions, attachment patterns and practical noticing exercises to help people understand and change unhelpful patterns.
How much experience does he have?
He has 28 years of clinical experience working with individuals and couples across a wide range of issues.
What credentials and location are listed?
He is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
In which languages can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients.
Which session formats does he offer?
He works online using video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are arranged through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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