Andrew Merz, BACP
5 years in practice
Andrew Merz is a counsellor who uses existential ideas alongside practical therapies to help people find meaning and cope with life’s stresses.
License and registration
- BACP
- 45296 · expires November 2026
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Andrew
Andrew Merz is a counsellor who uses existential ideas alongside practical therapies to help people find meaning and cope with life’s stresses. He holds BACP registration, and brings five years of professional experience to sessions. He aims for respectful, sensitive, and compassionate dialogue in every meeting.
Andrew tailors conversations and plans to fit each person’s unique situation. He works plainly and directly, helping people talk through depression, anxiety, grief, self-esteem and the strain of major life changes.
Background and approach
He also supports people facing relationship stress, addiction concerns and issues around intimacy and sexuality. His approach mixes thinking about life choices with hands-on tools. That means talking about values and meaning alongside practical skills to manage mood, worry or difficult habits.
Sessions focus on what matters to the person and what can change now. Andrew has worked in the United Kingdom for five years and lists experience with a wide range of concerns, including parenting, career challenges, chronic illness and trauma. He also works with people who identify as LGBT and those navigating adoption, attachment or neurodiversity issues.
Conversations are collaborative and paced to the individual. Andrew encourages small steps that fit daily life and aims to make each session useful and understandable. He welcomes questions about how therapy works and what to expect.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Andrew lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- 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 counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Andrew names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- 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
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Online support
Approaches that suit online therapy conversations
Existential therapy helps people face big life questions and make choices that fit their values. In sessions this looks like talking honestly about meaning, responsibility and what matters, which can help with depression, grief and major life changes.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It uses simple exercises to clarify values and build actions that align with what matters, useful for anxiety, stress and low mood.
Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people understand how they connect and respond to others, which can be useful for intimacy issues and relationship strain.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the person to choose methods that match their needs, goals and preferences. Sessions usually begin with shared goal-setting and a plan that can be adjusted over time.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people read body language and have a more conversational session. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat or text-based messaging suits brief check-ins, day-to-day support and people who prefer typing to speaking. Registered or accredited professionals can use these options to make therapy fit around work, family and travel.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Andrew commonly address?
He works with stress, anxiety, depression and grief alongside self-esteem and coping with life changes. The list also includes relationship and intimacy issues, addictions and parenting stress.
What is his therapeutic style like?
Andrew combines existential thinking with practical therapies such as ACT and CBT. Conversations look at meaning and values as well as simple skills to manage mood and worry.
What experience does he bring?
He has five years of professional experience working with a broad range of difficulties, including trauma, chronic illness and issues linked to attachment and neurodiversity.
Where is Andrew based and what are his credentials?
He practises in the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.
Can I have sessions in another language or from outside the UK?
Sessions are offered in English. He does not accept international clients at this time.
Which session formats are available?
Sessions can be held by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled?
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