Michelle King, BACP

Michelle King is a BACP counsellor with 17 years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. She is calm and respectful in sessions and focuses on practical steps people can use day to day. Michelle keeps conversations straightforward and adapts her approach to each person's needs.

She works with people who have experienced trauma and abuse and those struggling with low self‑esteem or depression. Michelle also supports people facing big life changes, caregiver stress and compassion fatigue. Her wider focus includes issues such as abandonment, attachment struggles, body image, communication problems and problems after separation.

Michelle combines several ways of working so sessions are practical and relational. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current feelings. She draws on cognitive behavioural techniques to help change unhelpful thinking and on mindfulness to build present-moment coping skills.

Sessions are shaped around what each person needs. Michelle aims to create a space where someone can talk things through and try small, manageable changes between sessions. She explains options in plain language and checks in about what is and isn’t helpful.

People who choose to work with Michelle can expect a steady, problem-focused approach with room for exploring deeper emotional patterns. She encourages realistic goals and short-term strategies alongside longer-term personal understanding. To begin, clients follow the service sign-up and matching process and then arrange sessions that suit them.

How therapeutic approaches work online

Attachment‑based work focuses on the ways early relationships shape current emotional patterns. Online sessions can use this approach to notice relational habits, build safer ways of connecting and reduce feelings of abandonment or isolation.

Client‑centred therapy puts the person's perspective at the centre. The therapist listens without judgement, reflects what is said and helps people identify their own goals and strengths. This approach helps with low self‑esteem, life changes and finding clearer direction.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and will be collaborative. The therapist will discuss each person's needs, goals and preferences and then try methods that fit. If something is not helping, adjustments will be made together to find a better fit.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people see facial cues and maintain a conversational feel. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a busy day. Live chat or text-based messaging can work for quick check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it simpler to arrange regular work around work, caring duties and travel.