Michele Mckillop, BACP

Michele Mckillop is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) with eight years of professional experience. She focuses on relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, and coping with life changes. Michele sees each person as the expert on their own story and looks for strengths to build from. She aims to offer steady support while people take the first steps towards change.

Her style is straightforward and compassionate. Michele helps people talk through difficult moments, sort out communication problems, and make sense of painful past events. Sessions are practical and paced to what each person can manage, with room for emotion and for practical problem solving.

Michele works with a wide range of related concerns, including abandonment and attachment issues, body image, caregiver stress, divorce and separation, and feelings of guilt or shame. She also addresses impulsivity, isolation and loneliness, questions about life purpose, midlife change, mood difficulties, narcissistic dynamics, and post-traumatic stress.

Clients can expect a collaborative process that balances listening with active steps to move forward. Michele supports people as they experiment with new ways of coping and connecting, and she adjusts the approach to the issues that matter most to them.

Sessions are offered in English and are delivered remotely by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Michele works from the United Kingdom and does not accept international clients.

How evidence-based approaches work online

Michele draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on understanding patterns and changing how people cope. One common approach looks at attachment and relationship patterns to help people understand why they react in certain ways and how to form safer connections; it is useful for intimacy concerns and abandonment wounds. Another approach addresses trauma and post-traumatic stress by helping people make sense of difficult memories, reduce distressing symptoms, and rebuild a sense of control and safety in daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Michele will talk with each person about their goals, preferences and the issues that matter most, and then suggest which techniques to try. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as progress is reviewed.

Online therapy offers practical benefits for many people. Video calls let conversations feel more like an in-person session while keeping travel time down. Phone sessions can be easier when video is not wanted or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to check in between sessions, manage brief worries, or have shorter conversations that fit around work and family life. Registered or accredited professionals, including therapists, use these formats to increase flexibility and access to care.