About Michael
Michael Sivori is a counsellor with 28 years of experience. He works in the United Kingdom and holds BACP registration. He tends to focus on issues such as anxiety, stress, grief and depression, and helps people facing life changes, burnout and addiction concerns.
He describes his practice as client-centred and places emphasis on being non-judgemental and empathic. Sessions often focus on the person in front of him and on helping clients recognise and use their own strengths.
Background and approach
Mindfulness and present-centred methods are part of how he works with emotional difficulties. Michael has a long background as a university teacher and has trained other therapists. That experience gives him a practical understanding of how therapy unfolds and what helps people feel heard.
He values therapeutic presence and aims to be reliably attentive in sessions. In practice he combines contemporary techniques with a simple goal: help people find resources within themselves. Conversations tend to explore losses, identity issues and responses to trauma in everyday language.
He also supports people coping with family and relationship strains and the demands that come with caregiving roles. Michael works with people who want a steady, thoughtful approach. He uses listening, reflection and mindfulness exercises to help clients manage difficult emotions and make clearer choices about life and work.
How his approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening closely and reflecting what a person says. It helps people who need a calm space to be heard and to make sense of feelings such as anxiety or grief.Existential Therapy looks at meaning, choice and responsibility in life. It can help when people face big life changes or feel stuck by questions about identity and values.
Mindfulness Therapy uses simple attention exercises to help reduce reactivity to difficult thoughts and feelings. It is often useful for stress, anxiety and managing strong emotions.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and then agree a way of working together. That collaboration helps tailor techniques and pacing to the individual.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and exercises, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat or messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options provide flexibility for different schedules and life demands.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 28 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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