Michael Cahalan

Therapist Directory Listing Category: Psychotherapists and Counsellors

About the Therapist

About the therapist:

I qualified as a family and systemic psychotherapist with the completion of a master’s degree in 2013 through the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust in London. I am accredited by the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) and am also a member of the Association for Family Therapy and Systemic Practice (AFT) in the UK. In my therapeutic work I aim to be inclusive and collaborative, alongside clients, in order to provide a safe, non-judgemental and confidential space for clients to speak and be heard.

Sexual identity:

Gay
Queer

Gender identity: Male

Gender history: As assigned at birth

Intersex: No

Neurodivergent: No

Personal pronouns: he/him

Qualifications - Links to websites:

I am an accredited Family and Systemic Psychotherapist with UKCP: https://www.psychotherapy.org.uk/therapist/michael-cahalan-iahy2aac/

Qualifications - Additional:

Award	Awarding body	Year of award
MA in Systemic Psychotherapy	Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust (University of East London)	2013

Experience and approach:

Qualifying as a family and systemic psychotherapist from a non-traditional pathway, I bring a diversity of background and a wealth of professional experience from multiple working contexts that preceded my work as a therapist. After early retail and hospitality work I worked in the information technology industry before moving on to administration and managerial work in an adult education setting for a complementary medicine organisation before then joining the NHS in primary care management. Since then, I have worked as a family and systemic psychotherapist in a number of different public and voluntary sector settings as well as in private practice. I have worked with a variety of client groups including queer (LGBTQI+) clients experiencing relationship issues and under 18s who are trans, genderqueer or genderquestioning and their families. I have also worked with youth offending, adoption and kinship care and families living with neurodiversity.

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