Michael Wearne
Psychosocial recovery coach · Psychotherapist · Photographer

Building a life that feels meaningful, connected and self-directed.

I'm Michael Wearne — a psychosocial recovery coach and registered psychotherapist, with a professional photographer's eye trained over more than twenty years. Recovery leads the work; the camera taught me how to do it — by paying close attention to what's actually there.

A maple branch over a temple wall, Kyoto
Kyoto, 2024
How I work

Recovery coaching leads the work — everything else deepens it.

Psychosocial recovery coaching is the heart of the practice; counselling and creative therapy work alongside it. All of it draws on the same craft — a way of seeing, trained through years of creative attention behind a camera. Seeing clearly, staying present, and finding the frame where things start to make sense.

Yasaka pagoda at blue hour, Kyoto
Kyoto, 2023

Recovery & Skills

Practical, forward-moving support — building capability, confidence and the everyday skills for a self-directed life.

  • Psychosocial Recovery Coaching Recovery planning, personal development and steady momentum — shaped around your ambitions and dreams, never a template.
  • Skills Development The everyday capabilities that make independence possible — guided side by side, gently paced, with someone genuinely invested.
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Counselling & Art Therapy

A confidential, creative space to work through what's hard to carry — and to express what words can't reach.

  • Counselling Unhurried, person-centred sessions — room to think out loud, be heard, and find a way forward.
  • Art Therapy Learning to see creatively — with a camera, AI imagery, or whatever media feels comfortable — when words feel hard.
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The art of seeing

Creativity runs through all the work — starting with yours.

I'm a working professional photographer of more than twenty years — and in recovery coaching, that craft works for you.

A craft built one frame at a time: paying attention, finding the frame, staying with what's actually there. Photography taught me the art of seeing; psychotherapy is where that art learns to see differently. And in every plan we build, your creative needs — however you express them — sit at the front.

Wisteria against a pale Kyoto sky Yasaka pagoda at blue hour, Kyoto Tokyo Radio Department Store, Akihabara

I'm often asked how photography and psychotherapy connect.

They've never felt separate. Both ask me to be present, to notice what's actually there, and to hold space for what's unfolding.

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Sunset over Kyoto with pagoda silhouette
Kyoto, 2023