Michael Harland
Depth-focused counsellor focused on emotion
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About Michael
Michael Harland helps people who are feeling stuck, anxious, low in mood, or overwhelmed by life changes. He is named Michael Harland and works from a perspective that puts feeling at the centre of therapy. He aims to create a calm space where people can slowly make sense of difficult emotions and painful patterns.
He describes his work as depth therapy, which focuses on emotion rather than thought alone. Sessions often look at how avoiding feelings can keep problems going, and gently invite what has been pushed away into view.
Background and approach
That can help with issues like anxiety, low self-worth, grief, trauma and problems with intimacy. Michael uses mindfulness approaches alongside psychodynamic ideas. Mindfulness helps people notice and sit with present experience.
Psychodynamic work looks at patterns from earlier life and how they repeat now. He has five years of experience and holds BACP registration, which is noted as BACP. He works with a wide range of concerns including stress, addictions, ADHD, relationship and family-related difficulties, eating and sleeping problems, and career strain.
If you are thinking about therapy, he asks people to consider whether depth work feels right. He does not recommend depth therapy for anyone currently in a severe crisis or who has experienced non-drug-induced psychosis. In those situations he suggests seeking approaches that focus on stabilising first.
To begin, the site matching process is used to connect you and schedule sessions once you have completed the short questionnaire.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 5
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 394011
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Mindfulness Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Michael's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Michael works with
Everything Michael lists, 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
Approaches Michael lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Michael works online
Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention skills. Clients learn to notice breath, body sensations and passing thoughts which can reduce reactivity and support emotional regulation. Psychodynamic Therapy looks at recurring patterns and how past experiences shape present behaviour, which can be useful for understanding attachment, abandonment and intimacy issues.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and together you will decide which methods feel most helpful. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions to what you need rather than insisting on one way of working.
The original biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work, childcare and travel. It can also allow for shorter check-ins or sessions without video when that suits a quieter connection or lower bandwidth. Registered or accredited professionals often adapt the pace and tools to the online setting so therapy fits into everyday life.
Questions and answers
What kinds of problems does Michael help with?
He works with stress, anxiety, depression and grief alongside areas such as addiction, ADHD, intimacy and relationship concerns. The list also includes issues like eating and sleeping problems, career worries and compassion fatigue.
What is his therapeutic style like?
He uses depth-oriented work that prioritises feeling over thought, combined with mindfulness to build present-moment awareness. The aim is to notice patterns and gently allow difficult emotions to be experienced.
How much experience does he have?
He has five years of clinical experience working with a wide range of psychological difficulties. That span includes supporting people through life changes, trauma-related concerns and ongoing mental health struggles.
What credentials and region are listed?
He is listed with BACP and practices from the United Kingdom. The credential appears as BACP in his profile.
Which languages are sessions available in?
Sessions are offered in English and he does accept international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats, so please confirm the current session options with the service before booking.
How does charging and cost work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start if I want to meet him?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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