About Michael
Michael Spackman is a counsellor who helps people struggling with stress and anxiety. He offers a calm, non-judgemental space for people to talk about hard things. He encourages practical steps and small changes that can make day-to-day life easier.
He uses straightforward conversation and active listening to understand what matters most to each person. Michael draws on a mix of approaches so sessions can be shaped around a client’s needs.
Background and approach
That can mean learning simple behavioural tools, practising new ways to respond to strong feelings, or looking at how early attachments still affect current relationships. With eight years of professional experience and PACFA credentialling, he has worked with people facing trauma and abuse, grief and loss, ADHD, anger and depression.
He also supports people with relationship and family-related concerns, body image, and issues linked to sexuality and kink culture. He aims to keep work practical and focused on what each person wants to change. Sessions are conversational and paced to suit each person.
Michael helps set clear goals and checks in on progress. He invites clients to try different strategies and pick what feels useful. People choose him when they want a steady, compassionate counsellor who explains tools plainly.
He encourages realistic steps and ongoing reflection so progress feels manageable.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is about noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choosing actions that match your values. It can help with anxiety, stress and motivation by focusing on small, meaningful steps. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns influence current connections and emotional reactions, which can be useful for people dealing with relationship tension, abandonment issues or attachment concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviours with practical exercises and experiments, which often helps with anxiety, low mood and anger.Finding the right approach is a team effort. Michael will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then suggest ways to try different methods. He reviews what helps and adapts plans so work stays relevant and manageable for the person in front of him.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone needs a quick check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief updates, written reflections, and ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work and family schedules while keeping the focus on practical change.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- 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
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- 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
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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