Murray Harvey

Murray Harvey is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom with three years' experience. He lists stress, anxiety, family concerns, self-esteem, bipolar and coping with life changes among the issues he helps people with. Murray trained in counselling and completed a masters in psychology. He is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

Murray says he has personal experience of panic attacks, anxiety, depression and substance use, and he draws on that lived experience in his work. He uses a pluralistic way of working, which means he combines different methods and keeps checking with people about what is useful. That approach aims to give clients practical input rather than a single fixed method.

In sessions he aims to be honest, straightforward and pragmatic. He invites people to say what they want from therapy and adjusts his style to fit. He describes himself as comfortable working with anxiety-based problems and with men, and he will be clear if a case falls outside his scope.

Murray integrates talking approaches that focus on relationships and patterns, and he also uses techniques that look at thoughts and behaviours. He mentions Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Existential Therapy and Motivational Interviewing among the approaches he draws on.

Outside work he enjoys music, walking his dog and reading about human behaviour. He says some people stay with him for longer periods, while others want shorter, focused work. To start, he asks prospective clients to make initial contact to check if they might work well together.

How Murray uses therapy approaches online

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationships shape feelings and reactions. It helps people notice repeated patterns in close relationships and try different responses that feel more manageable. Client-Centred Therapy places the person's own perspective at the centre of sessions. The therapist listens without directing and supports people to find their own answers and increase self-understanding. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours. It offers practical tools to test unhelpful thoughts and develop small behaviour changes that reduce distress.

Choosing the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Murray will discuss options with each person and together they will decide what to try first based on goals, needs and preferences. That collaborative discussion can change as therapy progresses and new priorities emerge.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm current session options before booking. Many people find online sessions helpful for fitting therapy into a busy week, reducing travel time and making shorter check-ins possible. Others prefer longer blocks of time for deeper conversation. Discussing these practical arrangements early makes it easier to match sessions to everyday life and responsibilities.