Michael Blakeborough
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About me
I am currently accepting clients for relationship counselling at a reduced rate of £70 per hour.
I chiefly work with clients who identify as LGBTQIA+ and clients who practice ethical non-monogamy within their relationships, but I have accumulated thousands of hours of experience working with individual clients from all walks of life. I commonly work with presentations of anxiety, depression and issues around relationships, sexuality and gender.
I offer relationship counselling, supervision and one-to-one therapy. I am a GSRD, sex positive counsellor who can provide a LGBTQ+ focused environment. My sessions are longer than average at 60 or 90 minutes. Certified supervisor and online and telephone counsellor. Evening slots are available as late as 2100-2200. Some student discount sessions.
I am an accredited member of the BACP using integrative counselling drawing from a multitude of theoretical counselling modalities. I am currently pursuing an advanced diploma in relational psychotherapy, provided by NAOS. Whilst I progress this optional advanced diploma I am a student member of the College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists and until completion I am accepting clients for relationship counselling at a reduced rate .
I have limited spaces available so if you feel your relationship would benefit from relationship counselling with me at LGC please send me an email and I will arrange a free 15 minute session in which we can get to know each other and so that you can get a feel for if I am the right counsellor to facilitate and support your process towards reaching your relationship goals.
I use integrative humanistic counselling, based mainly on Carl Rogers' Person-Centred Approach, with elements of Gestalt, Transactional Analysis, Psychosynthesis and others.
I am fully certified with ACTO to provide online and telephone counselling safely and ethically.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Accredited Member of BACP (No. 390162)
- CPCAB Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (integrative)
- ACTO certified Supervisor
- ACTO certified online and telephone counsellor
- In practice since 2020
- Student member of the College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Self-discovery, personal growth, psychoeducation
Therapies offered
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Fees
£55.00 per session
Free initial online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Counselling session (60 minutes): £55
Counselling session (90 minutes): £83
Concessions: £10 discount per session
Relationship counselling (60 minutes): £70
Relationship counselling (90 minutes): £100
Relationship counselling is currently subject to a £20 discount while I complete my optional COSRT-certified diploma in relationship counselling. The fees will increase in Summer 2025.
Supervision (90 minutes): £83
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Please email for availability. 90 minute slots can be used for 60 minute sessions.
- 0800-0930
- 1000-1130
- 1145-1245
- 1415-1545
- 1600-1730
- 1745-1845
- 1900-2030
- 2100-2200
