Andrew Morrison

CBT & EMDR Therapist

Andrew Morrison

CBT & EMDR Therapist

Pronouns: He/Him

Online CBT & EMDR Therapy Across the UK

Andrew is an experienced CBT therapist with over 10 years’ experience working in mental health services, primarily within the NHS, supporting adults with anxiety, depression, and trauma-related difficulties. He offers online therapy across the UK through My Therapist Online, providing evidence-based psychological support in a safe, collaborative, and down-to-earth way. As a UK-based BABCP accredited therapist, Andrew supports clients in London and nationwide.

Andrew is a fully qualified and BABCP-accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, with additional training in Integrative Counselling over three years. He is also trained in EMDR therapy, a highly effective approach for working with past experiences and memories that continue to impact life in the present.

Anxiety, OCD & Trauma Specialist

Andrew specialises in working with anxiety-related difficulties, including social anxiety, panic attacks, health anxiety, OCD, PTSD, phobias, low self-esteem, perfectionism, and imposter syndrome. He works primarily using CBT, the NICE-recommended treatment for many of these difficulties, ensuring therapy is both effective and ethically grounded.

Work-Related Stress & Performance Pressure

Alongside his clinical work, Andrew has expanded his practice into corporate and charity settings, providing one-to-one therapy and facilitating reflective spaces for staff teams. This has given him a strong understanding of the impact of work-related stress, burnout, and performance pressure, and the importance of creating the right therapeutic environment for meaningful support.

Andrew’s Approach to Therapy

His therapeutic style is collaborative, active, and practical. Andrew focuses on helping clients make sense of their experiences and develop tools they can use both in and outside of sessions to support lasting change. Clients often describe him as down-to-earth and approachable, qualities he believes are essential in helping therapy feel safe, human, and manageable, particularly when taking the first steps.

What to Expect in Your First Session

In the first session, Andrew will take time to understand what has brought you to therapy, explore your goals, and answer any questions you may have.

If you are looking for an online CBT therapist in London or elsewhere in the UK, you can book a free 15-minute consultation to see whether working together feels right.

A Message from Andrew

Choosing to start therapy can feel like a big step, and it’s completely normal to feel unsure or apprehensive at first. My aim is to offer you a space where you feel safe, understood, and supported to talk openly about what’s been going on for you, at a pace that feels right.

In our work together, we’ll focus on making sense of the difficulties you’re experiencing and how they’re affecting your life. I take a practical and collaborative approach, which means we’ll actively explore strategies and tools you can begin using both in sessions and in your day-to-day life. Many people find this empowering, as it helps therapy feel relevant and genuinely useful.

Clients often tell me they value my down-to-earth and approachable style. Therapy doesn’t have to feel intimidating or overly clinical. I believe being human, relatable, and compassionate is key to creating meaningful change.

If you’re considering therapy and wondering whether this feels like the right fit, I’d really encourage you to book a free initial consultation. It’s an opportunity for us to talk things through, for you to ask any questions, and to see whether working together feels right for you.

Areas of Special Interest

Anxiety & Related Difficulties

• Generalised Anxiety

• Health Anxiety

• Social Anxiety

• Panic Attacks

• Phobias

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

• OCD

• Intrusive Thoughts

• Compulsions

• Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)

Trauma & Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

• PTSD

• Trauma

• Road Traffic Accidents

• Sexual Trauma

• Distressing Past Experiences

Self-Esteem, Perfectionism & Imposter Syndrome

• Low Self-Esteem

• Perfectionism

• Imposter Syndrome

Sleep Difficulties

• Sleep Problems

• Insomnia

Work-Related Stress & Professional Challenges

• Work-Related Stress

• Burnout

• Workplace Anxiety

• Performance Pressure

Conditions & Difficulties

TreatedCommonly Treated Difficulties

• Anxiety - Panic / Panic Attacks

• Anxiety - Performance

• Anxiety - Separation

• Anxiety - Fears of abandonment

• Anxiety - Social

• Emetophobia (Specific Fear of Vomit)

• Depression - Low Mood

• Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum

• Eating Disorders - Over Eating & Weight Loss

• Menopause

• Carer Problems

• Grief / Bereavement / Loss

• Hoarding

• Low Self-Esteem

• Loneliness

• Perfectionism

• Procrastination

• Skin/Hair picking (tricotillomania / dermatillomania)

• Sleep - Insomnia

• Relationship - Attachment issues

• Relationship - Codependency

• Relationship - Communication difficulties

• Relationship - Doubt in relationship

• Relationship - Infidelity, affairs & betrayals

• Relationship - Intimacy

• Relationship - Separation & Divorce

• Career Coaching

• Life transitions

• Work - Bullying

• Work - Redundancy

• Anger

• Trauma - Childhood Trauma

• Trauma - Complex PTSD

• Trauma - Dissasociation

• Trauma - Childhood sexual abuse

Therapeutic Approaches & Models

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

• BABCP Accredited CBT Therapist

• Exposure Response Prevention (ERP)

• Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)

• Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR)

• Person-centred therapy

• Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)

• Mindfulness

• Integrative Therapy

• Interpersonal therapy

• Schema Therapy

• Solution Focused Therapy

• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
  

Andrew works with:

• Adults (19-65+ Years)

Insurance companies Andrew is registered with

• Healix 

• Bupa

Professional Training & Accreditations

• Post Graduate Diploma. Cognitive Behavioural Therapist - IAPT pathway. Kings College. Qualified 2020.

• BABCP Accredited Jan 2022. Membership number- 00001000071 

• EMDR therapist. EMDR UK association. Qualified September 2022 
  

• Top up training for PTSD with six-month additional supervision. OXCADAT. Passed June 2021
  

• EMDR therapist. EMDR UK association. Qualified September 2022 
  

• Top up training for PTSD with six-month additional supervision. OXCADAT. Passed June 2021
  

• Post Graduate Certificate in Low Intensity Psychological Interventions. Reading University. Passed June 2016
  

• Post Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Practice. Middlesex University. Qualified June 2015
  

• Level 2 + 3 Certificates in Person Centered Counselling. 2012-2014.

Client Testimonials

“I am eternally grateful to him for being so caring and considerate.”

“My therapist was excellent - Andrew really helped me to make sense of what had happened and how to move forward. I am eternally grateful to him for being so caring and considerate. At every level i was listened to and respected. The team provided genuine support and life long help and techniques for dealing with the trauma of a particular event.
My experience was excellent at every level - especially with regards to care for my wellbeing.” Anonymous

“I wouldn’t be on this positive trajectory without Andrew’s care, insight, and encouragement.”

“My therapist Andrew was amazing. He made me feel comfortable from the very beginning. He was so receptive to what I was saying and took it onboard every single time. Through our sessions I was validated, listened to, and encouraged. He gave me the tools to understand myself and my anxiety and he phrased/introduced/moulded them into ways where they were helpful to me.

An important aspect to the positive experience I had was that Andrew spoke to me with a level of vulnerability which made the sessions feel like we were in this together. He did not pretend to know everything or have all the answers. He explored topics with me and encouraged me when I needed a gentle push which made the experience so unique and helpful. I would not be in this positive trajectory without this amazing service, and I am very grateful for that. Otherwise, I would just like to say thank you for this service.” Anonymous

What is CBT?

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is an evidenced based & well researched talking therapy. It is recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) for many mental health problems.

It is most commonly used to treat anxiety and depression, but can be useful for many other mental and physical health problems.

CBT focuses upon how your thoughts and behaviours impact upon your emotions and physical symptoms.

CBT is collaborative treatment and typically involves doing homework tasks between appointments.

It aims to teach you to become your own therapist, teaching you tools so you can keep using the strategies and techniques you have learned after you have finished therapy.

What is EMDR?

EMDR Stands for Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing.

When a person experiences psychological trauma or highly stressful events, they are not always able to process the relevant information (i.e. thoughts, emotions, bodily sensations). As a result, they can end up getting “stuck” inside of them and can resurface later on, as if the person was still reliving the traumatic or stressful event.

EMDR aims to ‘process’ negative experiences or events which can subsequently improve emotional well-being and help to significantly reduce, but more often eliminate distressing symptoms and bodily sensations associated with the trauma.

In 2013, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has also acknowledged EMDR as being an effective treatment approach to psychological trauma and trauma-related disorders.