Mabel Murphy

Mike Delaney Books

Mike Delaney has been a Mental Health Professional since 1976, but during lockdown had the time to indulge one of his dreams, to write a book, and in this period of the Pandemic, he penned two books! Firstly his autobiography, Behind The Smile, followed by his first novel, Mabel Murphy which has won and award and had over 50 x five-star reviews on Amazon.

Mike Delaney Reg MBACP, Senior Fellow ACCPH. Mental Health/Trauma/Addictions Therapist Author. Broadcaster. Media Expert Mike Delaney is well known and respected Mental Health/Addictions Therapist with almost 50yrs years’ experience working with hospitals, individuals, rehabilitation centres and professional bodies in the UK and internationally. He is a Registered Member of The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and has recently retired his Nursing Registration, which he held for 38yrs. He has also recently been awarded Senior Fellow ACCPH (Accredited Counsellors, Coaches, Psychotherapists and Hypnotherapists) and is a certified Clinical Trauma Specialist Until 2018 he had a successful private practice in Harley Street London, and provided training for a number of Organisations including Veterans Aid in London and for a number of years was a Director of Pathways Supported Housing in Weston-super-Mare and LEAP Equine Therapeutic Programmes Ltd. Mike gives talks and presents papers on Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy in the UK and abroad, including a presentation of a LEAP research paper to the Royal College of Psychiatrists Conference around the efficacy of EFP for young people who have experienced childhood sexual trauma. Over the last 20yrs, Mike had been involved in contributing to many tv documentaries including the BBC Bafta award winning “Lager, Mum and Me”, Channel 4’s “Beauty and The Beast” and Channel 5’s “The Comeback of Ant McPartlin” In recovery himself from addiction to alcohol and drugs since 1996, Mike has had first-hand experience of the devastating effects of addiction on an individual and their loved ones and is passionate about using his vast practical and theoretical expertise to help others to succeed in recovery, whether it be from alcohol, drugs, depression, sex, co-dependency, food or gambling. In early 2020, Mike contracted Covid-19 in the first wave and became quite ill whilst on holiday in Barbados. He was quarantined in an army base for 30days and was then stranded for several weeks as all airports were closed. This is where the ideas for two books began to germinate. One, his biography, charting the ups and downs of a very interesting life, and two, a story which was circulating in his mind but which he felt frightened of attempting. On returning to the UK, lockdown gave him the first opportunity to have the time and space to explore these ideas. His biography, Behind the Smile, was completed first. Mabel Murphy was then created and developed over a number of weeks where he worked in a very disciplined fashion, getting dressed and going to his home-office every day after breakfast, working through until lunchtime and then again in the afternoon. This routine helped him to get the bones of the story down in a couple of weeks, and then it could be further developed and grown. The reviews and awards for both books have been a wonderful surprise for Mike as it is his first attempt and they have been extremely positive and complimentary. Website) www.mikedelaneytherapy.com Email) mike@mikedelaneytherapy.com