About Michelle
Michelle Kalam is a BACP-registered therapeutic counsellor with four years of professional experience. She offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief or life changes. Michelle aims to create a warm, non-judgemental space where clients can speak honestly and be heard.
She focuses on helping people manage everyday challenges such as low self-esteem, relationship strain, career pressures and parenting stress. Michelle also supports people who are coping with trauma, eating concerns, compassion fatigue and issues around identity.
Background and approach
Her approach is gentle and person-centred, concentrating on what matters most to each client. In sessions she encourages clear, manageable steps rather than long lists of theory. Conversations look at patterns that keep problems going and small changes that can make life steadier.
Michelle uses practical techniques drawn from evidence-based therapeutic methods to build coping skills and resilience. Michelle has experience helping people with attachment and abandonment concerns, communication problems, guilt and shame, and end-of-life matters. She accepts international clients and offers work in English for people in different places and time zones.
Appointments can be arranged as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Costs vary with location and therapist availability and are charged via a cancellable subscription. To begin, users choose Start Therapy, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to availability.
Evidence-based approaches and online therapy
Michelle uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional understanding. One common approach she draws on helps people notice and change repetitive thoughts and behaviours that fuel anxiety and low mood, teaching simple strategies to reduce worry and build calm. Another approach emphasises emotional processing and safe exploration of painful experiences, which can be helpful for grief, trauma and relationship wounds.Choosing the right method is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through options and adapt approaches to your goals, preferences and the issues you want to address. That helps ensure sessions feel relevant and achievable rather than one-size-fits-all.
Online therapy offers a range of flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions suit people who prefer not to be on camera or who need a lower-bandwidth option. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, reflection between sessions or when a written format feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family life and travel while keeping therapy consistent and ongoing.
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What this therapist works with
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- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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