Rachella Michaels MA UKCP APP

About me

* As a very experienced, fully qualified counsellor and psychotherapist I provide effective counselling and psychotherapy for both individuals and couples.

* For couples and individuals the sessions are generally  of one hour and weekly.

* Sessions can be any time of the day or evening Monday to Friday depending on location and availability.

* I am happy to arrange an initial telepnone conversation to answer any questions you may have.

* I have a sliding scale of costs depending on circumstances.

Counselling and Psychotherapy with individuals

* I see individuals for both short (min 6 sessions) and long term work.

* I provide a safe, confidential and supportive environment in which to explore issues e.g. anger, anxiety, self esteem, depression, trauma, lack of motivation or relationship difficulties. I create opportunities to understand existing behaviour patterns, to develop new ones, and to grow a stronger, more positive sense of self. This can increase abilities to manage stress, confront challenges and help the achievement of a happier, more successful and fulfilled life.

* Most of my individual clients fall into the 25 to 65 age group and suffer typically from low self esteem, anxiety, Post Traumatic Stress, anger management, Borderline Personality Disorder, or work/relationship type issues.

* I work largely with feelings, focusing on self understanding and acceptance to increase self confidence and motivation. Individuals often gain more insight about themselves and others, find greater direction and purpose in their life and are able to form more successful relationships.

Couple counselling and Relationship counselling

* I offer both short (min 8 sessions) and long term couple counselling and therapy.

* I work to resolve conflict and to reconnect couples who suffer issues of disagreement, misunderstanding, cultural differences, distrust, betrayal, suffer sexual difficulties or who have just grown apart. 

* I focus on developing a deeper understanding of the feelings being aroused and the patterns of behaviour that result, to achieve greater connection and closeness.

* I use mainly the Emotion Focused Therapy approach. This was introduced in the UK about 5 years ago and that is already well established in Canada and the US, where several studies have revealed it to be one of the most effective types of couple therapy around.