Michael Leunig, BACP

Michael Leunig is a United Kingdom based counsellor and psychotherapist who combines lived experience with formal training to support people through stress, anxiety, trauma and a wide range of life challenges. He is a Member of the BACP - a professional association for counsellors and psychotherapists - and is accredited with the GHR as a clinical hypnotherapist and recognised supervisor. Born in Germany and raised in a family that moved frequently, Michael's own encounters with childhood trauma, depression and anger informed his decision to train and work in therapeutic practice.

His healing began with mindfulness, leading him to qualify as a Mindfulness Master Practitioner and later teach mindfulness courses to groups and therapists seeking to integrate those skills into practice. Michael studied Counselling and Psychotherapy at Salford University and later trained in clinical hypnotherapy, subsequently teaching courses in that area as well. His clinical background includes work for the UK mental health charity Mind, involvement with the Blue Lights scheme supporting emergency personnel, and roles within NHS surgeries across the North of England using Solution-Focused Therapy.

Now in private practice, Michael runs an award-recognised psychotherapy and clinical hypnotherapy practice and serves as Mind Coach for the Oldham Rugby League Football Team. He uses an integrative approach drawing on Person-Centred work, Transactional Analysis, Cognitive Behavioural techniques, clinical hypnosis, mindfulness, Emotional Freedom Technique and life coaching, focusing on being alongside people as they move through grief, relationship change, addiction, bereavement and other forms of stuckness.