About Michelle
Michelle Lindsay is a counsellor who draws on person-centred and existential approaches to help people facing stress, anxiety and life setbacks. She holds BACP status and has four years of practical experience working with people who feel stuck or overwhelmed. Michelle offers a calm, non-judgemental space where clients can speak openly and be heard.
She meets people where they are and focuses on what matters to them. Sessions concentrate on what has led to the difficulty and on realistic next steps.
Background and approach
Michelle listens closely and helps people reflect on choices, values and how they want life to look going forward. Her work covers a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, low mood and depression, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting pressures and career stress.
She also supports people dealing with grief, identity questions such as gender dysphoria, neurodiversity concerns, chronic illness and caregiver strain. Michelle prefers a warm, relational style. She emphasises the client as the expert in their own life and uses that perspective to build practical ways forward.
Sometimes she brings in ideas from other approaches when they suit a persons needs. Sessions are available online and by phone, chat or messaging as well as in person when appropriate. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapists availability.
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Client-Centred Therapy here means the therapist takes a warm, non-directive stance and prioritises listening. This approach helps when someone needs a compassionate space to make sense of feelings like anxiety or low mood. Existential Therapy looks at meaning, choice and life direction, which can be useful for people coping with major changes or feelings of emptiness.Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, then adapt the way sessions are run. That partnership helps match the method to the person rather than imposing a single model.
Online work is offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different routines and needs. Video is useful for a fuller conversational session, phone calls are simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quicker check-ins and messaging lets people write between sessions. These options make it easier to arrange regular sessions around work, caregiving or other commitments and to keep continuity when life gets busy.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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