Mitchell Stevens, BACP

Mitchell Stevens is a counsellor with 12 years of practice and a member of the British Association of Counsellors & Psychotherapists (BACP). He offers online counselling in English for people aged 18 and over and has a background supporting people with addiction, homelessness and mental health challenges across UK services.

He spent years working for national charities including Change, Grow & Live and The Forward Trust. He has also worked in community counselling settings with Ashford Counselling Service and Kent Counsellors. This range of roles shaped his approach to practical problems like housing stress, addiction relapse and crises linked to grief or separation.

Mitchell uses several approaches in sessions, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-informed work, client-centred listening, cognitive behavioural techniques and skills from dialectical behaviour therapy. He aims to help people find clearer ways to cope, communicate and make choices that match their values.

Mitchell speaks from lived experience as well as professional training. He says his own therapy helped him change how he thinks and behaves, and that personal insight informs his work with people facing family tension, midlife shifts, bereavement, identity questions and caregiving strain. He also brings an understanding of creativity and the music industry to conversations about life and work.

Expect direct, human contact rather than clinical distance. Sessions focus on what is happening now, practical steps that can be tried between meetings, and building skills to manage anxiety, depression, relationships and ageing-related life changes.

How Mitchell uses therapy approaches online

Mitchell commonly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-based ideas in his work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without fighting them, then choosing actions that align with what matters to the person. It can help with anxiety, low mood and coping with life changes.

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships affect current connections and trust. This approach helps people understand patterns in relationships and build safer ways of relating when facing loss, caregiving strain or intimacy issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Mitchell will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and together they decide what methods to try. He adapts techniques as needs change, so therapy remains practical and relevant.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow brief check-ins when needed. It also lets people keep continuity of care when living away from local services or travelling, while still using the same therapeutic tools discussed in sessions.