Michael Blakeborough

Please email for availability, as the slot you would like might already be taken.

1145-1245 (Thursday, Friday)

1745-1845 (Thursday, Friday)

1900-2000 (Thursday, Friday)

I use integrative humanistic counselling, based mainly on Carl Rogers' Person-Centred Approach, with elements of Gestalt, Transactional Analysis, Psychosynthesis and others.

I launched Longford Garden Counselling in January 2022 with the aim of providing a warm, comfortable, safe and confidential space to facilitate therapeutic change for adults (18+). I specialise in depression, anxiety and mental health issues linked to sexuality and gender identity, but the practice is open to all, including anyone who would simply like to learn about themselves to gain insight into who they are as a person. What’s important is a desire to grow and flourish in your life with a deeper understanding of self. As well as face-to-face counselling, I am fully certified with ACTO to provide online and telephone counselling safely and ethically.

In addition to providing counselling at LGC, I have been volunteering for free at Olive Branch Counselling in Chippenham since 2020.

I grew up in Melksham, where I currently live with my Civil Partner Donald Robson. We have created LGC together as a team, with me as the qualified counsellor and he as the administrator. We are both very passionate about mental health because we sadly know all too well the toll being “different" takes on your mental health, having gone through school in the nineties under Section 28, in the wake of the AIDS epidemic.

Unfortunately I am currently unable to offer therapeutic services for couples, under-eighteens, addiction, eating disorders or complex trauma (such as complex presentations of PTSD).

Our first session will be an assessment to see if we work well together. This is priced at a reduced rate of £30.

Please email to check availability.  My supervision slots are:

1000-1130 (Thursday, Friday)

1415-1545 (Thursday, Friday)

1600-1730 (Thursday, Friday)

I use the seven-eyed model and practice individual supervision only. Sessions are 90 minutes in length, but I can sometimes accommodate shorter, 60 minute sessions.

My therapeutic approach is integrative humanistic counselling, based mainly on Carl Rogers' Person-Centred Approach, with elements of Gestalt, Transactional Analysis, Psychosynthesis and others.

I launched Longford Garden Counselling in January 2022 with the aim of providing a warm, comfortable, safe and confidential space to facilitate therapeutic change for adults (18+). I specialise in depression, anxiety and mental health issues linked to sexuality and gender identity, but the practice is open to all, including anyone who would simply like to learn about themselves to gain insight into who they are as a person. What’s important is a desire to grow and flourish in your life with a deeper understanding of self. As well as face-to-face counselling, I am fully certified with ACTO to provide online and telephone counselling safely and ethically.

In addition to providing counselling at LGC, I have been volunteering for free at Olive Branch Counselling in Chippenham since 2020.

I grew up in Melksham, where I currently live with my Civil Partner Donald Robson. We have created LGC together as a team, with me as the qualified counsellor and he as the administrator. We are both very passionate about mental health because we sadly know all too well the toll being “different" takes on your mental health, having gone through school in the nineties under Section 28, in the wake of the AIDS epidemic.

Unfortunately I am currently unable to offer therapeutic services for couples, under-eighteens, addiction, eating disorders or complex trauma (such as complex presentations of PTSD).

Our first session will be a 30 minute meeting to see if we work well together. This is free of charge.