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Andrew Merz, BACP
- Credentials
- BACP
- Experience
- 5 years
- Practising in
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Sessions
- Online only
- Client ages
- Adults, 18 and over
Works with Stress, AnxietyGriefSelf esteemDepressionCoping with life changes
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Andrew Merz is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom who draws on five years of professional experience. He is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and focuses on helping people manage depression and a wide range of everyday struggles. He treats people with respect, sensitivity and compassion.
Sessions are tailored to each person, with conversation and practical steps shaped around what matters most to them.
Background and approach
He aims to make the first step less daunting and to support people through change. Andrew uses a mix of therapy styles to match different needs. He often combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help with unhelpful thoughts and to build values-driven habits.
Attachment-based ideas and client-centred listening guide how he explores relationships and emotional patterns. Common concerns he addresses include anxiety, stress, grief, low self-esteem and coping with life changes. He also works with issues such as addictions, trauma and relationship difficulties, plus a broad set of additional focuses like body image, caregiving stress and ADHD-related challenges.
Sessions are offered in English and can take place by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Andrew explains how each format works and helps people choose what fits their routine and comfort. He encourages practical goals alongside emotional work, breaking larger problems into small, manageable steps.
People who want to start complete a short matching questionnaire and arrange sessions once matched.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts without getting stuck in them and then take small actions that reflect their values. It is often used for anxiety, depression and life transitions where finding purpose can reduce distress.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, CBT, focuses on spotting thought patterns and behaviours that keep problems going and practising new, more helpful ways of thinking and acting. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and coping strategies that need clear, practical steps.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist and client collaborate to choose or combine methods based on problems, goals and personal preference. That collaboration can include trying different techniques and checking what helps most over time.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video calls are helpful when visual cues matter, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit shorter check-ins and text messaging supports gradual reflection between meetings. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family and everyday life while keeping continuity of care with registered or accredited professionals.
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Areas of focus
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 counselling
- 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-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour 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
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
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