Michael Sivori, BACP

Michael Sivori is a counsellor with 28 years' experience and a BACP registration. He works from a client-centred stance and pays close attention to loss, grief and compassion fatigue. He also supports people dealing with addiction recovery, trauma, identity and cultural concerns. Michael aims to be empathic and non-judgemental in his work.

As a long-standing university teacher he has trained many therapists and brings that practical experience into sessions. He values therapeutic presence and focuses on building trust so people can talk openly about difficult matters. Sessions are aimed at helping people notice and use the resources they already have.

Michael uses mindfulness and present-centred ways of working to help reduce overwhelm and ground attention. He also draws on existential ideas to help people consider meaning, choices and life direction. Practical coping skills are explored alongside reflective conversation.

He has worked with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, grief and coping with life changes. Additional areas he supports include family of origin issues, fatherhood questions, first responder strain, and challenges tied to adoption or attachment.

Michael offers a calm, steady style and aims to create space for honest discussion. He helps people talk through relationship and intimacy topics, career pressures, anger and self-esteem. The approach is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.

How Michael's approaches translate to online therapy

Michael uses client-centred work to focus on what matters to each person. This approach means the session follows the client’s pace and priorities, useful for topics such as relationships, self-esteem and grief.

He also draws on mindfulness practices to help people manage anxiety and stress in the moment. Simple breathing and attention exercises can be practised between sessions to support coping. Existential ideas are used to look at meaning, choices and life direction when people face big transitions or a midlife rethink.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michael will collaborate with each person to decide what methods fit their goals and preferences. That choice is reviewed over time so the process changes as needs change.

The original profile does not list specific online formats, so please confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow continuity for people living abroad. It can also allow shorter check-ins when time is limited and make it simpler to practise mindfulness exercises between meetings.