Ms Iro Michael

Psychotherapist (Registered)

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“My aim is to support you in deepening your self-awareness, developing healthier coping strategies, and discovering a greater sense of meaning and fulfillment in your life. As a somatic therapist, I help you get in touch with your emotions, body, and mind to support healing that is felt as well as understood. This embodied awareness helps you make more informed choices and embrace change. I work collaboratively with you, respecting your pace, priorities, and unique story. I am deeply committed to cultural sensitivity, ensuring that therapy honours your background and life context so that the support feels relevant and meaningful to you. I believe healing happens through genuine human connection, so I strive to create a warm, non-judgmental space where you feel truly heard, understood, and seen. Through therapy, I can also empower you to take greater responsibility for your life and cultivate resilience and self-compassion. The journey is not always easy—at times it can be frustrating, painful, or uncertain. But like life itself, it can also be deeply rewarding and transformative. It is a journey worth taking: an invitation to live more fully, freely, and authentically. ”

About Me

I’m a Cypriot woman who grew up as an expat in the Middle East. By the age of 24, I had completed a BSc in Psychology at the University of Kent in the UK. Having lived on three diverse islands during my upbringing, and being immersed in cultures from around the world, I developed a deep curiosity about life, human connection, and what it means to belong. This curiosity eventually led me to the path of psychotherapy and counselling. I continued my training in London at NSPC, where I discovered my true calling. I was especially drawn to existential philosophy—a perspective that continues to shape my work today. While some existential thinkers can be complex, their reflections on life, freedom, meaning, and responsibility deeply resonate with me. Their words helped illuminate not just the human condition, but also my own inner landscape. Existential psychotherapy felt like a natural fit for my reflective and inquisitive nature. It opened the door to a demanding, yet deeply rewarding journey into the lived experience of others—while also becoming a path of ongoing self-discovery for myself.

Approach

My approach is grounded in existential, humanistic, somatic, phenomenological, and integrative frameworks, allowing me to tailor my work to the specific needs of each client. This enables me to offer an integrative and holistic therapeutic process, drawing from a range of tools and perspectives to support meaningful and lasting change. Throughout my career, I have worked with people from all over the world, which has deepened my appreciation of human diversity and strengthened my ability to support individuals from varied ethnic, cultural, and social backgrounds. I have also collaborated with several NGOs, working with clients facing a wide range of difficulties, including addiction, anxiety, depression, family and relationship challenges, domestic violence, bereavement, trauma, abuse, identity concerns, eating disorders, imprisonment, and immigration-related issues. These experiences have enriched my understanding of the complexity of human struggle and reinforced my commitment to meeting each person with sensitivity, flexibility, and respect for their unique story. Through my education, clinical experience, and deep commitment to compassionate care, I am dedicated to supporting people on their path toward healing, self-awareness, emotional well-being, and empowerment.

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Basic Information

London, United Kingdom

Services

As a registered member of the BACP (397067), a voting member of FETE, and a member of the Pancyprian Association of Psychotherapists (PAP), I have over a decade of experience offering confidential psychotherapy and counselling to individuals aged 14 and above, both face-to-face and online. I hold an MSc in Existential Psychology and Psychotherapy from the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling (NSPC), awarded in 2014. In addition to my core training, I have completed certificates and trainings in Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for cancer care providers, Family Systemic Therapy and Emotion-Focused Therapy. I have also received further training in person-centred, and psychoanalytic/psychodynamic approaches. Therapeutic Services include: Addiction Counselling, Grief, Loss and Bereavement, Anger Management, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Intercultural Therapy, Depression, Eating Disorders, LGBTQ+ Therapy, Psychosexual Therapy, Domestic Abuse and Neglect, Women's Health, Relationships and Attachment, OCD

Services Offered:

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Trauma Counseling
Counselling specifically for people affected by traumatic events, focused on processing what happened and reducing symptoms like flashbacks and hypervigilance.
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Personal Development
The ongoing process of self-awareness, self-improvement, and reaching one's potential, pursued not because something is wrong but to live more fully.
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Relationship Counseling
Counselling for couples or partners focused on improving communication, rebuilding trust, and strengthening emotional connection.
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Somatic Psychotherapy
A form of therapy focused on the connection between mind and body, using body awareness and movement to release held tension, trauma, and emotion.
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Stress Management
Techniques and strategies for managing the body and mind's response to excessive demands, including relaxation, cognitive restructuring, and lifestyle changes.
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Online Therapy
Therapy sessions conducted over video call, phone, or secure messaging, using the same professional methods delivered remotely.
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Sex Therapy
Specialised therapy addressing sexual concerns such as low desire, performance anxiety, pain during sex, or mismatched needs between partners.
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Integrative Psychotherapy
An approach that draws on multiple therapeutic models, tailored to the individual, rather than following a single method.
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Addiction Counselling
Counselling specifically focused on substance use or behavioural addictions, addressing the psychological drivers and patterns of dependence.
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Individual Psychotherapy
In-depth one-on-one therapy that explores the deeper roots of a person's difficulties, often drawing on psychodynamic or psychoanalytic models.

Works With:

•Adolescents
•Adults
•Individuals

Area of Expertise

Scope of Practice:

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Abuse
Emotional, physical, or sexual mistreatment by another person that causes lasting psychological harm and disrupts a person's sense of safety.
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Addiction
A compulsive dependence on a substance or behaviour, such as alcohol, drugs, or gambling, that causes harmful consequences to health, relationships, or daily life.
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Anger
An intense emotional response to perceived threat, injustice, or frustration that, when persistent or uncontrolled, can damage relationships and well-being.
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Anxiety
Persistent worry, nervousness, or fear that is disproportionate to the situation and interferes with daily functioning.
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Family Issues
Difficulties within the family system, including conflict, communication breakdown, blended family tensions, or intergenerational patterns, that affect individual and collective well-being.
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Gender Identity & Self-Image
A person's internal sense of their own gender, which may or may not align with the sex assigned at birth, and the distress or exploration that can accompany this.
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Grief, Loss & Bereavement
The emotional, physical, and psychological response to the death of a loved one or another significant loss, varying widely in duration and expression.
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Cross-Cultural
The psychological challenges of living between two or more cultures, including identity conflicts, acculturation stress, and difficulties with belonging.
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Trauma
The lasting psychological impact of deeply distressing events, such as violence, abuse, accidents, or disasters, that overwhelm a person's ability to cope.
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Relationship Issues
Difficulties in romantic relationships, including communication problems, trust breakdowns, conflict patterns, or uncertainty about the relationship's future.
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Professional Title:

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Psychotherapist (Registered)
A psychotherapist who is formally registered with a regulatory or professional body in their jurisdiction.

Qualifications

NSPC - New School of Existential Counseling and Psychotherapy

Cyprus Institute for Emotion Focused Therapy

Systemic Family Institute of Cyprus (SFIC)

Registrations

British Association for Counseling and Psychotherapy (BACP)

Psychotherapist

FETE

Full Voting Member

PAP

Psychotherapist

Memberships

British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)

Full Member

Membership: 00990556

Service Area

Iro Michael

In-person & Online

Greater London

London, England E10 6EG

United Kingdom