About Michaela
Michaela Duffy is a counsellor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety and low mood. She works with individuals who are feeling overwhelmed by relationships, parenting pressures, work demands or major life changes. Michaela uses clear, straightforward language and aims to make each session a practical space for problem solving and support.
She sees the person as the expert in their own life and builds on existing strengths. Sessions often begin with what feels most urgent, then move towards small, achievable steps.
Background and approach
Michaela encourages realistic goals and steady progress rather than quick fixes. Her background includes three years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, which she lists as her credential.
That experience has included work with people facing depression, panic attacks, ADHD-related difficulties and issues around self-esteem. Michaela draws on client-centred ways of working to ensure people feel heard. She also uses cognitive behavioural ideas to help change unhelpful thoughts and patterns.
Occasionally she brings in psychodynamic thinking to explore recurring relationship patterns and early influences. Practical tasks, short-term goals and reflective conversation are often part of the process. Sessions can include talking, exercises to try between meetings, and checking what is or is not helping.
Michaela aims to be steady and direct while offering warmth and respect as people make changes.
Therapeutic approaches and how online therapy helps
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship. The therapist follows the person’s lead, reflects what they say and helps them explore their own goals and strengths. This approach is useful for people who need space to make sense of their feelings and decisions.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours link together. It uses practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking and to build new habits, which can help with anxiety, panic and mood problems.
Psychodynamic Therapy pays attention to recurring relationship patterns and early experiences that shape current difficulties. It can help people understand why they repeat certain responses and offer a different perspective on long-standing issues.
Finding the right approach is part of the process and will be a collaborative decision. The therapist will talk about goals, try different techniques and adjust the plan based on what works. Clients are invited to give feedback so sessions match their needs and pace.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how people connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions need less bandwidth, and live chat or text messaging can fit short check-ins or ongoing support. This range makes it easier to schedule sessions around work, school runs or other commitments and to choose the format that feels most manageable.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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