About me
I offer a warm and compassionate approach, understanding that seeking therapy can be a daunting process. It can be also be one that results in lasting change. I am a fully qualified and experienced counsellor and psychotherapist. Whether you are experiencing anxiety, feeling low or depressed, or are at a place where you feel stuck, I can offer you a safe place to explore your feelings. I offer an empathetic and non-judgemental approach and can support you in finding a way forward.
What brings you to counselling will be unique to you. I will explore this with you and we can determine together what support might look like for you, and work to uncover what's in your present and past that needs to be understood for a more positive future.
I am an integrative psychotherapist. This means that I am trained in a number of counselling and psychotherapeutic practices which I am able to draw on in order to personalise my approach to you and your individual needs. Together we can help you move forward with greater understanding, resilience, and self-compassion.
I have experience in working with:
Anxiety, low mood and depression, lack of confidence, bereavement, stress, change and loss, burnout, career and redundancy/retirement, parenting, pre and post pregnancy, infertility and miscarriage, menopause, family and relationship issues, anger management, suicidal ideation, self-harm, abuse, trauma, and neurodiversity, in particular ADHD and have knowledge and experience in this area.
Reaching out is a courageous first step and you can do it knowing you are not alone. You deserve to do this for yourself and I would be delighted to talk to you in the first instance to see if you feel we can work together. Please feel free to get in touch. I offer you an initial free 15 minute phone or Zoom call and we can go from there.
I offer weekly sessions of 50 minutes for both short-term counselling and longer-term therapeutic work, in-person or online.
I see clients in person in Ladbroke Grove W10 and online via Zoom. With prior arrangement, I can also see clients in London W1.
Training, qualifications & experience
- I have a postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy.
- I am a registered member of the BACP.
- I work with adults, of all ages, in private practice.
- I also spend a portion of my week working as a counsellor in the charity sector providing both low cost and free therapy to a wide range of clients.
- I have a great deal of previous experience of working with young people in educational and community settings, providing 1:1 counselling.
- I provide mental health crisis support via a text-based service for young people, and adults.
- I have an enhanced DBS.
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
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Fees
£75.00 per session
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Additional information
I offer an initial phone consultation of 15 minutes, free of charge, giving you a chance to decide if you would like to work with me.
Testimonials:
"I can't begin to express how, over just a couple of months, Michele helped me. I felt heard, understood and supported. Quite honestly, I felt a little embarrassed starting therapy, as I am sure many people beginning this journey feel too; but her warmth, empathetic and non-judgmental approach created a safe space for me to open up and just talk. I am incredibly grateful for the positive impact she’s had on both my mental health and well-being." AS
"Working with Michele has been a deeply meaningful experience. From our first phone call, I could sense her warm energy and we formed a connection from the very beginning. Her calm presence, thoughtful guidance, and gentle encouragement helped me navigate difficult emotions and grow in ways I hadn’t expected. I always felt heard and supported, and our sessions became a space where I could truly be myself while finding support to navigate my journey." MK
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