Andrew Mickel

I hold sessions throughout the week at Brixton, London Bridge and via Google Meet, please get in contact or check my website for full availability.

What would you like to talk about today? It’s a common enough starting point in counselling sessions, but it is rarely a question with an easy answer.

I’m a BACP-registered counsellor, and I work with people to explore their feelings, thoughts and behaviours to see how they want to respond to challenges in life.

People come to counselling for all sorts of reasons. Some clients use sessions to make sense of events in their past, the impact on them now, and perhaps to look at where they want to go next.

Others may find they’re living their lives based on old ideas of themselves, perhaps editing themselves to a version that feels palatable to others, but are unsure how to change.

And for some, there might not even be clarity on what is going on for them - but they know something is amiss or stuck in their lives and relationships. Depressed feelings, stress and anxious thoughts are often part of the picture too.

Whatever is going on for you, I offer sessions at London Bridge (SE1), Brixton (SW9) and via Google Meet, and offer a free half-hour initial appointment to discuss how we could work together.

Starting counselling can be intimidating. It’s very common to think that other people’s problems are more important than yours, or that a lack of clarity on what’s going on makes it hard to know where to start. It’s something I’m used to working with, and we can take a look at together.

And while some clients are well-versed in working with their emotions, for many others - especially for people who are good at thinking their way through problems - we might need to take a few beats to explore what their feelings look like.

I work with a wide range of clients; the majority are men, and many are LGBT+.

You can find out more about my working style at www.andrewmickel.co.uk.

I trained for three years at the well-respected Metanoia Institute, and have a diploma and BSc in humanistic counselling, and draw on Person-Centred, Gestalt and Transactional Analysis traditions in order to find the best way to work with you. I have also counselled at both MCPS in Ealing and ELOP in Walthamstow. I have also taken a foundation training in working with couple/relationship issues, gaining a professional certificate in Couple/Relationship Therapy accredited by COSRT at Level 5, but please note I don't currently work with couples.

I am registered with the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy, and my work is fully insured and supervised.

I have worked with a wide variety of groups. That includes a specialism working with people who identify as LGBT+, many of whom have previously struggled to find a non-judgemental counsellor who they felt comfortable sharing with. Whoever you are, we can shape how sessions look to what feels right for you.

Before counselling I worked in journalism and charity comms, as well as in the comedy industry (not, I should note, as a comedian). Journalism introduced me to a wide breadth of people, and the move to counselling felt logical: it offers a chance to work with others and see what they want to change, but at a much deeper, personal level. The comedy industry offered up a diversity of experience and ways of communication that I often feel surprised to find myself drawing on as a counsellor.

The most important factor in counselling is the relationship between the counsellor and the client, so an introductory session is a chance for us to get to know each other. We can talk about what issues have brought you to therapy and what you would like to achieve.

While my regular session rate at Brixton is £65 for 50 minutes, I offer a free half-hour initial appointment.

If we agree to work together, then we will set you a weekly 50-minute time slot for us to have safe, confidential sessions. I recommend clients start weekly, but there is the opportunity to move to fortnightly working after an initial few sessions.

I hold sessions throughout the week at Brixton, London Bridge and via Google Meet, please get in contact or check my website for full availability. 

What would you like to talk about today? It’s a common enough starting point in counselling sessions, but it is rarely a question with an easy answer.

I’m a BACP-registered counsellor, and I work with people to explore their feelings, thoughts and behaviours to see how they want to respond to challenges in life.

People come to counselling for all sorts of reasons. Some clients use sessions to make sense of events in their past, the impact on them now, and perhaps to look at where they want to go next.

Others may find they’re living their lives based on old ideas of themselves, perhaps editing themselves to a version that feels palatable to others, but are unsure how to change.

And for some, there might not even be clarity on what is going on for them - but they know something is amiss or stuck in their lives and relationships. Depressed feelings, stress and anxious thoughts are often part of the picture too.

Whatever is going on for you, I offer sessions at London Bridge (SE1), Brixton (SW9) and via Google Meet, and offer a free half-hour initial appointment to discuss how we could work together.

Starting counselling can be intimidating. It’s very common to think that other people’s problems are more important than yours, or that a lack of clarity on what’s going on makes it hard to know where to start. It’s something I’m used to working with, and we can take a look at together.

And while some clients are well-versed in working with their emotions, for many others - especially for people who are good at thinking their way through problems - we might need to take a few beats to explore what their feelings look like.

I work with a wide range of clients; the majority are men, and many are LGBT+.

You can find out more about my working style at www.andrewmickel.co.uk.

I trained for three years at the well-respected Metanoia Institute, and have a diploma and BSc in humanistic counselling, and draw on Person-Centred, Gestalt and Transactional Analysis traditions in order to find the best way to work with you. I have also counselled at both MCPS in Ealing and ELOP in Walthamstow.

I am registered with the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy, and my work is fully insured and supervised.

I have worked with a wide variety of groups. That includes a specialism working with people who identify as LGBT+, many of whom have previously struggled to find a non-judgemental counsellor who they felt comfortable sharing with. Whoever you are, we can shape how sessions look to what feels right for you.

Before counselling I worked in journalism and charity comms, as well as in the comedy industry (not, I should note, as a comedian). Journalism introduced me to a wide breadth of people, and the move to counselling felt logical: it offers a chance to work with others and see what they want to change, but at a much deeper, personal level. The comedy industry offered up a diversity of experience and ways of communication that I often feel surprised to find myself drawing on as a counsellor.

The most important factor in counselling is the relationship between the counsellor and the client, so an introductory session is a chance for us to get to know each other. We can talk about what issues have brought you to therapy and what you would like to achieve.

At London Bridge my regular session rate is £70 for 50 minutes (£75 after 5pm Tuesdays), or £65 at Brixton; I offer a free half-hour initial appointment.

If we agree to work together, then we will set you a weekly 50-minute time slot for us to have safe, confidential sessions. I recommend clients start weekly, but there is the opportunity to move to fortnightly working after an initial few sessions.