- Strengths focused
- Practical tools
- Collaborative style
About Michelle
She draws on several approaches to suit different needs, including cognitive behavioural ideas, psychodynamic thinking and acceptance and commitment methods. Sessions focus on the person's own goals and strengths. Michelle treats each person as the expert on their story while offering tools and perspectives to move forward.
Michelle also supports people dealing with grief, trauma and compassion fatigue, and those navigating identity and LGBT issues. She has experience with parenting and family-related stresses, caregiving burdens, chronic pain and other long-term health challenges. Practical coping strategies and pacing are common parts of her work.
Her style is collaborative and straightforward. Michelle aims to make the room a place to talk openly, try out new responses, and rehearse changes. She encourages people to notice what helps and to build on small gains.
When someone is ready to begin, Michelle asks them to sign up and complete a short questionnaire so sessions can be matched to their needs. She offers live instant messaging, video or telephone sessions depending on arrangements agreed at the time.
Areas of expertise
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
5+ years
Credentials
BACP · United Kingdom
Languages
English
How Michelle uses therapy methods online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy encourages noticing painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then taking action that matches what matters most. It can help with anxiety, depression and coping with ongoing health issues. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers simple exercises to test and change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for stress, sleep problems and low mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michelle treats this as a collaborative process and will check in about what feels useful. Together they will try methods that fit the person's needs, goals and preferences, and adjust the plan as progress is made.
The biography states that Michelle provides live instant messaging, video and telephone sessions, so please confirm which of these formats are currently offered when booking. Online sessions can make therapy easier to fit into busy lives, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. They also let people choose quieter times of day or use audio-only contact if being on camera feels difficult. Confirm the available session types before your first appointment so arrangements suit everyday needs.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does this counsellor help with?
Michelle works with stress, anxiety and depression and with relationship and intimacy concerns. She also supports people with grief, trauma, parenting strain and living with long-term health challenges.
How would sessions feel in practice?
Her approach is collaborative and straightforward, using talk and practical exercises. Sessions focus on the client's goals, strengths and small changes that feel doable.
What is Michelle's professional background?
She has five years of clinical experience working with a range of emotional and life challenges.
What credential does she hold and where does she practise?
Michelle is a BACP counsellor working in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
International clients are accepted and sessions can be arranged across borders according to scheduling and any applicable local rules.
Which session formats are offered?
The biography lists live instant messaging, video and telephone sessions as possible formats; please confirm current options before booking.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What steps do I take to begin working together?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.