- Years in practice
- 5
- Registration
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Self esteem
- Focus
- Depression
About Michael
Michael Dodden is a UK-based counsellor and coach who focuses on helping adults feeling overwhelmed by stress, ADHD, burnout and relationship strain. He aims to create a calm, non-judgemental space where people can unmask, breathe, and begin to make changes at a steady pace. Sessions are practical and plainspoken, with a focus on day-to-day coping and clearer thinking.
Michael draws on five years of counselling experience and longer work in personal development coaching.
Background and approach
He uses tools from cognitive behavioural approaches and acceptance-focused work to help with anxiety, executive function challenges, and emotional spirals. He also brings experience supporting people dealing with chronic stress, grief, trauma and intimacy issues. People often meet him when they are late-diagnosed for ADHD, wondering about neurodivergence, or exhausted from masking and burnout.
He offers strategies for managing rejection sensitivity, low self-worth and repairing trust in relationships. Practical techniques for sleep, stress regulation and pacing are commonly part of sessions. Michael describes his style as warm, grounded and direct.
Sessions move at a pace that honours a person’s nervous system and everyday life. He combines coaching-style structure with counselling depth to help clients set small, achievable goals and notice steady progress. He works online with people in the United Kingdom and uses a subscription model for sessions.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and appointments are scheduled according to availability. Michael is a registered member of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society, listed as NCPS. He brings personal lived experience of neurodivergence and burnout to his work, alongside formal practice and continuing professional development.
What Michael works with
Everything Michael lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Michael helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Fatherhood issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Approaches Michael lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Practical therapy approaches for online change
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts without getting stuck in them and focus on values-based action. It is useful for anxiety, avoidance and living with chronic stress. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact and gives concrete tools to manage anxiety, sleep problems and unhelpful thinking patterns. Client-Centred Therapy puts the person’s experience at the heart of sessions, offering an empathic, non-directive space to make sense of emotions and choices.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michael will collaborate to choose methods that match a person’s needs, goals and preferences. He combines different techniques where helpful and adapts pace so sessions fit the client’s life and nervous system.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility for people juggling work, family and health. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit into breaks or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging suit brief check-ins, written reflection or when someone prefers typing over speaking. These formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing everyday demands.
Questions people ask about Michael
What concerns does Michael focus on?
He supports adults with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, ADHD-related struggles, relationship and family issues, trauma, grief, sleep problems, parenting strain, anger and career questions.
What is his therapy style like?
Sessions are described as warm and grounded with a plainspoken approach. He blends coaching structure and counselling depth to set small practical goals and build coping skills.
What experience does he bring?
Michael has five years of counselling experience plus over 15 years in personal development coaching, with additional CPD in neurodivergence, trauma and emotional regulation.
What are his credentials and location?
He is a registered member of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS) and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats does he provide?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging as options for remote work.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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