About Michelle
Michelle Banks is a counsellor who focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, phobias and other life challenges. She uses a warm, respectful style that aims to make people feel heard. Michelle works in the United Kingdom and offers support in English.
Michelle practises client-centred counselling, which means she follows the person’s lead and helps them find their own solutions. She also draws on existential ideas, looking at values and meaning when people face big changes.
Background and approach
Mindfulness approaches are used to help with overwhelming thoughts and physical tension. Her background includes seven years of counselling experience and registration as a BACP Therapist - Registered Member MBACP. Over that time she has seen a wide range of concerns, such as depression, relationship difficulties, coping with grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, and problems with sleep or eating.
Sessions are delivered in a warm and interactive way, with an emphasis on respect and sensitivity. Michelle aims to support people to make practical changes, build coping skills and increase self-understanding. She also works with issues like gender dysphoria, multicultural concerns, obsessive-compulsive tendencies and phobias.
Seeking counselling can feel daunting, and Michelle aims to make the first steps easier. If someone wants to explore change or manage distress differently, she offers a collaborative space to do that.
How Michelle's approaches translate to online work
Michelle uses client-centred counselling and mindfulness as core parts of her practice. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening closely to the person and supporting them to find their own answers, which can help with anxiety, relationship concerns and low mood. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to reduce stress and manage intrusive thoughts. She also draws on existential ideas when people face big life questions or changes, helping them clarify what matters and make meaning from difficult experiences. Choosing an approach is a collaborative process and Michelle will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow people to join from different locations. It can suit shorter check-ins, longer weekly sessions, or a mix depending on what works best. Please confirm the current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered and can pick what suits your routine.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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