Michael Clement, BACP

Michael Clement is a registered UK counsellor who brings a background in professional nursing to his therapeutic work, where counselling skills were central to patient care. He combines clinical training and hands-on experience to support people navigating anxiety, depression, stress, social anxiety, relationship difficulties, low self-confidence, health-related concerns, trauma, abuse, and bereavement. With five years of experience, he tailors each session to the individual, offering sensitive, respectful, and compassionate support that honours each person’s unique circumstances.

He works from a person-centred approach, placing the client at the heart of the process and following the client’s lead during sessions. Person-centred counselling is a humanistic method that trusts a person's capacity for growth and self-understanding when given the right therapeutic conditions. Michael helps clients explore their feelings, beliefs, behaviours, and worldview so they can develop greater self-awareness, independence, and confidence to manage current and future challenges.

His qualifications include a BA Honours Degree in Counselling Studies and Supervision, a Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling, a Foundation Certificate in Bereavement Counselling, membership of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP), and a Diploma in General Nursing. This combination of counselling education and nursing experience informs a practical, empathetic style aimed at helping people discover their own resources and options for moving forward.

Client-Centred Support and Online Access

Michael Clement practises person-centred counselling, a humanistic approach that places the client at the centre of the therapeutic process. It involves the therapist offering empathetic listening and non-judgemental presence while the client leads the pace and content of sessions. This approach helps people explore feelings, beliefs, and behaviours so they can develop greater self-awareness and personal agency.

Person-centred work is particularly suited to issues like anxiety, depression, bereavement, relationship difficulties, and low self-esteem because it focuses on the person’s own experience and potential for growth. The therapist’s role is to facilitate understanding and help clients recognise their own resources rather than directing solutions.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the journey, and Michael collaborates with each client to identify what fits best based on their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they review progress and adapt the way they work as needed.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can be arranged by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit counselling into busy lives, bridge geographical distances, and maintain continuity of care when in-person meetings are not possible, while still allowing collaborative, focused therapeutic work with a registered professional.