About Michelle
Michelle Rutter is a person-centred counsellor based in the United Kingdom. She supports people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship concerns, and parenting strains. Michelle also helps with issues such as ADHD, self-esteem, sleep and eating difficulties, and coping with life changes.
She is a BACP counsellor with six years' experience. Michelle keeps sessions straightforward and focused on what matters to each person.
Background and approach
She listens without judgment and encourages honest, open conversation. Her style aims to help people feel heard and understood while working towards practical steps they can try between sessions. Her approach blends client-centred practice with cognitive behavioural ideas and emotion-focused work.
That means she will often reflect a person's experience, explore how thoughts affect feelings and behaviour, and look at emotional patterns that keep problems repeating. Treatment plans are shaped around each person's needs rather than a fixed programme. Michelle has worked with people facing trauma, grief, addiction, and long-term conditions.
She draws on humanistic principles to treat each person with compassion and respect. Her sessions are tailored to the issues you bring and the goals you want to reach. She accepts international clients and offers a range of online formats.
If someone is ready to take the first step, Michelle supports them to build practical changes and a more satisfying daily life.
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Michelle uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Client-Centred therapy as key parts of her work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and gently choose actions that match their values, which can be useful for anxiety, stress, and life changes. Client-Centred therapy focuses on listening, empathy and respect so a person can feel understood and name what they want to change.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Michelle will work with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. Plans are adjusted as progress is made so the work stays relevant and practical.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat and text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls suit deeper conversations and visual connection, while phone sessions can be easier if bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging work well for brief check-ins or when someone prefers writing over speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family life, or travel and keep continuity between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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