About Andrew
Andrew Merz is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with five years of experience. He works with people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression and life changes. He aims to offer respectful, sensitive and compassionate care as people start to make changes.
He uses practical talking approaches and tailors conversations to each person’s needs. That means agreeing goals together, trying straightforward tools, and adjusting the plan if something does not feel helpful.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on what is happening now and on small steps that can make daily life easier. Andrew draws on a mix of methods such as cognitive behavioural ideas, acceptance and commitment techniques, and attachment-informed work. He chooses what to use based on the concerns a person brings, for example grief, addiction, or struggles with self-esteem.
He also supports people facing relationship strain, parenting pressures, work burnout and compassion fatigue. People can expect a calm, non-judgemental space to talk things through and to practice new ways of coping. He says taking the first step takes courage, and he aims to be a steady presence while clients work through change.
Andrew holds BACP which reflects his registration in the UK. Sessions are available in English and run online by video, phone, live chat or messaging. International clients are not accepted at this time.
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How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Andrew often uses cognitive behavioural techniques which focus on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing small behavioural changes to reduce anxiety and low mood. CBT is practical and suits problems like worry, sleep difficulties and coping with change.He also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy or ACT which helps people notice difficult feelings without getting swept up in them and to take action on what matters. ACT is useful for stress, rumination and when people want to move toward a more meaningful life despite ongoing worries.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and try methods together to see what fits. That collaborative process means plans are adjusted as needed, rather than fixed from the start.
Online therapy offers flexibility for different schedules and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can fit into a short break or be used when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or messaging suit quick check-ins and people who prefer text. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care and to practise new skills between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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