About Michelle
Michelle Banfield-Curran begins from a clear practical place. She holds BACP and NCPS credentials and has three years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. Michelle listens first, then helps people name what is overwhelming them so they can take manageable steps forward.
Michelle works with people who feel stuck by anxiety, stress, or a fading sense of self. She also supports those coping with relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, and low self-esteem.
Background and approach
Her approach is humane and straightforward; sessions focus on what you notice day to day and what you want to change. She uses ideas from attachment-based work and client-centred practice to help clients understand how early relationships shape feelings now.
Narrative and Jungian perspectives are used to look at the stories people tell about themselves and how those stories affect mood and choices. Mindfulness tools are offered to help manage strong emotions and reduce reactivity. In sessions Michelle aims to create a calm, respectful space to talk through painful experiences and repeating patterns.
She explains options plainly and works with each person to tailor the conversation and plan. Practical steps, gentle reflection, and short exercises between sessions are offered when helpful. Michelle notes that starting therapy can feel daunting and often takes courage.
She invites people to start with a simple conversation, see how it feels, and decide on next steps together.
Approaches that shape online sessions
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships influence current feelings and connection. It helps people notice patterns in close relationships and learn new ways to feel safer in connection. Client-centred therapy places the person's experience at the heart of the conversation. The counsellor offers empathic listening and reflection so the client can make sense of their feelings and find their own solutions.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals, preferences and what feels most helpful. Together they will try methods, review progress, and adapt the plan to fit the person's needs in an open, collaborative way.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into daily life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and deeper non-verbal exchange. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging can be useful for shorter check-ins, flexible scheduling, or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help people access care with less travel and more choice about how they connect.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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