About Michelle
Michelle Allard is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people coping with stress, anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties. She also supports people facing grief, anger, addictions, body image and intimacy-related concerns. Michelle works with issues linked to family problems, self-esteem, sleep and eating difficulties, and other life changes that feel overwhelming.
Michelle uses a flexible style that adapts to each person. She listens without judgement and works collaboratively to find practical ways forward.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on what matters now while recognising how past experiences can shape present patterns. Her approach draws on attachment-focused ideas to look at how relationships influence feelings and behaviour. She also uses client-centred methods that put the person’s priorities at the centre of sessions.
Cognitive behavioural techniques are used when helpful to challenge unhelpful thoughts and build new coping skills. Michelle aims to create a calm, respectful space where people feel heard and understood. She encourages pacing therapy to the individual, whether someone wants a short-term focused plan or to work on deeper, longer-term concerns.
Her emphasis is on practical steps that can be tried between sessions. Michelle holds a BACP accreditation, showing recognised professional membership in the United Kingdom. She has four years of clinical experience and offers sessions in English for people in the UK and internationally.
Getting started begins with a simple matching process and scheduling a first session.
Approaches that guide online work
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape current relationships and emotional responses. In online work this can help people see patterns in closeness, trust and separation and work on building safer ways of relating.Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and following the person's priorities. The therapist offers acceptance and reflection so the person can clarify values, strengths and next steps at their own pace.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and replace them with practical strategies. It is often used for anxiety, low mood, sleep and eating concerns and for building coping skills that can be practised between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michelle will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, and together decide which methods to try. This collaborative process means the plan can change as needs evolve.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video is useful for a conversation that feels close to face-to-face. Phone sessions suit people who prefer to be off camera or need lower bandwidth. Live chat or messaging can be a shorter check-in or a way to reflect between appointments. These options make therapy easier to fit around work, family and travel commitments and increase flexibility for different routines and needs.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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