Michael Harris MBACP

About me

Coming to counselling is an important decision and often the first brave step towards getting help and making changes for the better. I myself have been in counselling as part of my professional and personal development and I am therefore familiar with the experience of being a client. In my experience, the most important thing to consider and understand when choosing the right person to work with as your counsellor, is the quality of the therapeutic relationship, and feeling both safe to talk about anything that is on your mind, and really heard and understood.

I will work with you in a collaborative way. I believe that effective counselling requires a true partnership between client and counsellor as well as mutual respect, open-mindedness, honesty, trust, curiosity and a desire for real growth. You will be given the space to gain new insights into your difficulties and how you manage them, enabling you to consider what changes you wish to make towards achieving a more empowered and fulfilling life.

I provide both longer term, open ended counselling and also short term, solution focused counselling, depending on the issues you’d like to explore. I see individuals of any gender, culture, race, religion or sexual orientation.

The initial assessment will help us identify whether counselling is the best way forward for you and whether I am the right counsellor for you. My commitment to you is to provide regular counselling in a respectful, non-judgmental, safe and confidential environment.

My core training is in person-centred counselling but I also offer more integrative approach and draw on skills linked to mindfulness and life coaching. I am mindful that certain counselling styles suit some people more than others and I adapt to each individual client’s needs.