I provide a specialist Counselling Service for Men and the LGBTQIA+ community in person in Edinburgh and online across the UK, Europe and the Mid/Far East.
I provide counselling for men with issues of Anxiety, Depression, LGBTQIA+ issues, Relationship problems and with Men who are or have been victims of Domestic Abuse.
15/01/2026
This is an excellent lecture on this topic. Liz is one of the countries leading professionals work specialising in work with male victims of DV.
Hidden Victims: Men and their Experience of Domestic Violence. Dr Liz Bates, Senior Lecturer in Applied Psychology at the University of CumbriaThe aim of thi...
08/01/2026
There's a lot of heavy snow making travel very difficult/impossible. If you can't get to an in person counselling session ask to change your meeting to online. Hopefully, your therapist will be happy to do that. If circumstances allow for both people, this can be done. I don't live in a city and have been unable over the years to get into work to see clients. Hopefully, they will not charge a cancellation fee if you have to cancel on the day. I certainly don't. www.amurdoch.com to book an appointment.
I hope that the new year brings you good health and things that will make for a happy life for you. In a change to my plan I will not be seeing any clients until Tuesday 6th January 2026.
You can contact me and I will reply to requests for appointments from that date on. Contact me via www.amurdoch.com
29/12/2025
29/12/2025
I am working this week, with the exception of New Years Day.
I have appointments available. On the 31st December I will be finishing at 6pm as the transport system closes down early. Contact me via my website to book an appointment this week or discuss making an appointment in the New Year. www.amurdoch.com
26/12/2025
This is the truth. We are human not machines.
25/12/2025
Merry Christmas to all of you who celebrate it.
I will be back seeing clients on Monday next week.
18/12/2025
Newly published research by The Partnership of Counselling and Psychotherapy Bodies showed that the list below shows the majority of registered counsellors in the UK are:
- aged between 45 and 64
- white
- female
- heterosexual
- do not consider themselves to have a disability.
The only one of these that I am is white. I'm not your average therapist. www.amurdoch.com
18/12/2025
Great to see a short interview of what happens at an Andy's Man Club. It's worth remembering that you can go to meetings that are not your local one if you're concerned about it.
16/12/2025
Christmas is not a happy time for many people. Here's some tips about getting through this holiday.
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I provide a counselling and psychotherapy service for individual clients, 18 years old and over in both Glasgow and Edinburgh city centres.
I opened this full time practice in 2007 after coming back to Scotland after 18 years in London.
I specialise in working with individual clients wanting therapy for:
Abuse (Current/Survivors)
Anxiety
Depression
LGBTQIA+ issues
Men's Issues.
Relationship issues
Stress
I have extensive experience in working with men who feel awkward talking about their feelings or asking for help when it comes to mental health issues for a variety of reasons.
It is not uncommon for more than 90% of my clients to identify as male.
I have extensive experience and training for working with clients of sexuality, gender and relationship style diversities from an affirmative perspective. I have provided training for other therapists on working with LGBTQIA+ clients.
I normally see clients on a weekly basis. However, I do offer a limited number of fortnightly appointments.