Michelle Freeman, BACP

Michelle Freeman is a counsellor with 13 years of experience based in the United Kingdom. She holds BACP accreditation, and she works with adults on a wide range of concerns. Her approach is flexible and centred on what each person needs in the moment.

She helps people with stress, anxiety, sleep problems and self-esteem. She also supports those coping with trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy difficulties, eating concerns, anger and life changes. Michelle has experience working with LGBT clients and people navigating ADHD related challenges.

Michelle uses several approaches when planning sessions. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and client-centred ways of working to shape conversations. Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing is available for those with trauma symptoms, while techniques from Dialectical Behaviour Therapy support emotion regulation and coping skills.

Sessions are practical and paced to the individual. She focuses on listening, helping people make sense of their reactions and building skills for everyday life. Therapy can be short term or longer term depending on what a person needs.

Michelle offers appointments online for people in the UK and internationally. She is happy to work through relationship problems, body image and intimacy-related issues, and a broad list of other concerns including chronic health matters and caregiver stress.

Her work aims to help people feel more able to manage difficult feelings, make clearer choices and move forward at a pace that suits them.

How Michelle's approaches work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts without getting stuck in them. It focuses on values and small actions that bring life back into balance, which can help with anxiety, stress and low mood. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact and offers practical steps to change unhelpful patterns, useful for sleep problems, anxieties and eating concerns.

Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing is offered for people with trauma symptoms such as flashbacks or nightmares. It involves structured sessions aiming to process distressing memories so they feel less overwhelming over time. The therapist will explain what to expect and check suitability before using this method.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michelle will listen to a person's history, goals and preferences and suggest methods that fit. The plan is agreed together and can change as progress is made, keeping the work collaborative and practical.

Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging gives flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and short chats or messages fit quick check-ins or busy schedules. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family and life commitments.