Michael Flinn

I generally have availability around 2 weeks from being initially contacted

I am available 10.30 to 18.30 ( session start times) Mondays and Thursdays, 14.30  to 18.30 on Tuesdays, 15.00 to 18.30 on Fridays.

I don't work weekends .. ( I play golf !)

I work with adults, couples, young people (8ys+).

I'm primarily a  psychodynamic and systemic therapist, which means I help clients explore what is happening to them, how they feel and what they would like to be different. I can help them see where their strategies/ (re)actions, and responses  might be coming from and help them to explore how they can make it different. I work in a secondary school ( for the past 15 years) and a gp practice ( again for the past 15 years). I amend my approach to meet the needs and responses of each client. I aim to provide them with a confidential and non judgemental space to explore their feelings and responses.

 I initlaly trained as a bereavement counsellor with Cruse, and subsequently I was trained in Scotland (1998) by Couple Counselling Scotland ( now Relationships Scotland) and worked for them for 10 years before moving to Shrewsbury. 

I then worked for Relate Shropshire and Hereford until it went broke in 2015, and since then I've worked privately.

I also work on cases in the Family Court.

I have a wide range of experience ( although I realise I'm not always right , so happy to be corrected / challenged etc ), which I use to help and support clients to explore their issues and circumstances, and look at first steps to change and understanding themselves and their relationships, at a pace that works for them.

Before any sessions are agreed I have a free phone conversation with potential clients to see what help / support I can be, and, if that feels ok to them then we sort out an initial session. There is no formal assessment, but inevitably discussion of the issues client(s) are facing will lead to an assessment of priorities and the beginnings of a way forward.