Michael Halpin, BACP

Michael Halpin is a counsellor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety and relationship difficulties. He offers straightforward, respectful support for issues like low self-esteem, motivation struggles and confidence building. He encourages small steps and practical changes that feel doable for daily life.

Michael works in a warm, conversational way that puts the client’s experience first. He adapts conversations and plans to each person’s needs rather than using one fixed method. That means sessions can focus on immediate problems or look at longer patterns, depending on what feels most helpful.

In practice he uses approaches that look at how early attachments shape current relationships, and practical tools to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. He also draws on open-ended, exploratory work to help people understand recurring patterns and emotional reactions. The mix aims to balance real-world coping strategies with deeper personal insight.

Michael has four years of professional experience and holds BACP accreditation. He works with people facing a wide range of concerns including grief, trauma, addictions, ADHD and intimacy-related issues. He also supports those dealing with adoption and foster care, attachment difficulties, chronic health challenges, body image and related stresses.

Sessions are delivered in English and are available to people in the United Kingdom and internationally. To begin, a short matching questionnaire helps pair clients to suitable times and a way of working that fits their life and goals.

How his approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds influence current relationships and feelings. In online conversations this can help people see repeating patterns in trust, closeness and jealousy so they can try new ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviours through practical exercises and step-by-step tasks. Online work can include homework, thought records and short behaviour experiments to try between sessions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapy itself. The therapist will work together with the client to decide whether practical CBT exercises, attachment-focused reflection or exploratory psychodynamic conversations suit their goals. That choice is reviewed as progress is made and needs change.

The main practical benefit of online work is fitting sessions into everyday life. It can make it easier to attend from different locations and to schedule shorter check-ins when needed. Please confirm which session formats are offered before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats. Registered or accredited professionals can use online work to combine structured tools with deeper conversation, helping people practise changes between sessions.