Michael McDonough

I am a psychotherapist and counsellor experienced in supporting people dealing with anxiety and depression, relationship problems, low self-esteem, shame, bereavement, trauma, the effects of childhood sexual abuse and sexual diversity issues, among others. I work with individuals and couples.

Despite our best intentions, we often struggle to live our lives in a way that makes us content. While taking into account the reality of external factors (e.g. societal prejudice, economic disadvantage), my approach enables people to see how they may be working against themselves. It also seeks to uncover the deeper meaning of these self-defeating patterns of behaviour, which have often grown out of early life experiences.

As a result of this work, a person has a greater sense of freedom when it comes to the choices they make in life, rather than feeling caught up in something beyond their control. The psychoanalytic approach that I follow usually requires long-term therapy because it takes time to bring our self-limiting thoughts and behaviours and what motivates them into awareness.

I work in private practice in Tottenham, Haringey. I volunteer as a  therapist for a charity that provides psychotherapy to people with experience of psychosis. I have worked as a counsellor in the NHS, for a bereavement service in Camden, for a mental health charity in Hackney and for a charity that supports adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. I am also a member of Pink Therapy. 

I am registered with insurance providers Bupa, Axa, Aviva, Aetna and Vitality Health.