About Michelle
Michelle Thomas is a counsellor with seven years' experience who uses an integrative, client-centred style. She aims to create a warm, friendly space where people feel heard and respected. Michelle works with common concerns such as anxiety, depression, stress and relationship issues, and she also supports people facing phobias, addiction and trauma.
She holds NCPS as a listed credential. Michelle adapts each session to the person in front of her.
Background and approach
She treats the client as the expert in their life and builds plans together. Practical tools and strategies are introduced to help manage symptoms and tackle root causes, rather than only focusing on surface reactions. Her approach draws on a mix of methods to suit different needs.
Cognitive behavioural techniques are used to identify and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns. Emotionally-Focused ideas help with intimacy and relationship concerns by looking at emotional responses and interaction patterns. Mindfulness and hypnotherapy techniques may be offered to support relaxation, sleep and coping with strong emotions.
Sessions can include short exercises and homework to practise new skills between meetings. Michelle also supports people navigating life changes such as grief, career shifts, parenting strain and long-term health challenges. She offers some evening and weekend appointments on request to make scheduling easier.
To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then arrange sessions according to availability.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person without judgement. It helps people feel seen, and sessions usually involve reflecting on choices and priorities to build clearer direction. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns. It can be useful for anxiety, depression and specific fears such as phobias.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Michelle will talk through what feels most helpful and adapt methods to the client’s goals and pace. That conversation is collaborative and can change as progress is made, so clients help shape their own plan.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different circumstances. Video lets you use visual cues and longer discussion, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging supports brief check-ins or flexible, written reflection. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments while maintaining continuity over time.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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