About Michelle
Michelle Freeman is a BACP counsellor with 13 years' experience working in the United Kingdom. She offers practical, person-focused therapy and listens for what matters most to each client. Her background includes work with trauma, anxiety, stress and relationship difficulties.
Michelle uses a flexible approach that adapts to what a person needs in the moment. Michelle draws on several recognised methods to help people manage painful memories, intense emotions and everyday worries.
Background and approach
She uses Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) for trauma-related symptoms and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to look at thoughts and behaviour patterns. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and client-centred work also inform her sessions to help people clarify values and build coping skills. Sessions focus on straightforward goals such as improving sleep, easing panic and reducing intrusive memories.
Michelle also supports people facing issues with self-esteem, intimacy, eating and sexual expression, including kink and BDSM concerns. She can help with life changes, caregiver stress, chronic illness and anger management. Michelle works with adults and offers a calm, non-judgemental space to talk.
She aims to move at a pace that feels comfortable and safe while encouraging practical steps forward. Her style balances listening with clear tools and exercises that people can use between sessions. Therapy can be short term or longer term depending on what someone needs.
Michelle accepts international clients and runs sessions by video, phone, live chat or text messaging. People who want to begin can use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire to schedule sessions.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online support
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress and work or relationship decisions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours, offering clear exercises to reduce panic, improve sleep and shift difficult patterns. Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-focused method that aims to reduce the intensity of disturbing memories and related symptoms.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michelle will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then use elements from different methods to suit their needs. That collaborative process means the plan can change as progress is made or new priorities emerge.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls let people meet face to face without travelling. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging offer a low-key way to reflect between appointments or when a shorter conversation is needed. These options increase flexibility and help people keep momentum with their therapy while balancing other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Hypnotherapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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