About Michelle
Michelle Thomas is a counsellor with seven years of practice in the United Kingdom. She works in a warm, friendly way and tailors sessions to each person. Michelle explains things plainly and helps clients build practical skills they can use day to day.
She uses an integrative, client-centred style that treats the person as the expert in their life. That means sessions focus on what matters most to the client and move at a comfortable pace.
Background and approach
Michelle blends talking, practical exercises and gentle guidance to address immediate worries. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is part of her approach for tackling anxiety, stress and sleep problems. She helps people notice thought patterns, test unhelpful beliefs and try small behavioural changes that reduce worry.
Mindfulness techniques are used to manage overwhelm and improve focus. Emotionally-Focused Therapy features when relationship or intimacy issues are the focus. That work helps people understand emotions and how they affect connection with others.
Hypnotherapy is also available as another option for things like habit change and managing cravings. Michelle supports a wide range of concerns including depression, addictions, grief, career strain, parenting pressures and compassion fatigue. She also works with issues such as ADHD, attachment and body image.
Sessions are offered in English and are arranged to suit people’s schedules.
Practical approaches for online therapy and change
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person speaking for themselves and being heard. In practice this means the counsellor listens deeply, reflects what comes up and helps the client steer the direction of sessions. It is useful for building trust, tackling self-esteem issues and guiding choices about next steps.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. Online CBT often uses short exercises between sessions to test unhelpful beliefs and try small behaviour changes that reduce anxiety and improve sleep. It is a good fit for stress, worry and low mood.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps when relationship or intimacy concerns are central. EFT concentrates on recognising emotional patterns and changing how people respond to one another to improve connection and reduce conflict.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences and what has helped in the past, then suggest one or more approaches to try. That decision is made together and can be adjusted as work progresses.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and interactive exercises. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a busy day. Live chat and messaging suit people who prefer writing or need flexible timing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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