Michelle Rudd
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About me
I am a compassionate and highly skilled therapist specializing in individual and relationship therapy. I am dedicated to helping clients navigate complex relationship issues, enhance communication, and foster deeper connections. My inclusive and non-judgmental approach is tailored to meet the unique needs of each client, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for all. Life can be tough - depression, anxiety, trauma, grief - the list can go on and on. Relationships can lose their way, and the daily work of human interconnection can become challenging. Maybe you have reached crisis point and need to find a way to work towards a happier future. If you are looking for a therapist, I am guessing that you are tired of trying to find a way out of your distress alone. I would like to congratulate you on taking the first, and probably the hardest, step - reaching out for help. I hope I can provide what you're looking for.
I understand that emotional distress can have a far reaching and profound effect, but I am absolutely sure that there is hope for a future of joy, peace, and recovery. My goal is for my clients to leave each of our sessions with the knowledge that they are safe, understood, and respected and that this will help them to discover their own emotional safe place, self-knowledge, self-respect and a way forward. I believe that everyone is the expert on their own experience. I won't tell you what to do, and I certainly won't judge you, whatever you tell me. Together we can make a map and take a few steps on the road towards whatever outcome you are seeking.
I am gender-affirming, kink-aware, polyamory positive and LGBTQ+ friendly and have experience with working with clients with a range of neurodiversity. Please don't sit and wonder if this therapist will accept you as you are, a whole person. The answer is yes!
Specialisations:
- Relationship Problems: Addressing conflicts, misunderstandings, and emotional disconnections to build healthier, more fulfilling relationships.
- Communication: Teaching effective communication techniques to enhance understanding and empathy between partners.
- Infidelity: Guiding couples through the healing process after an affair, rebuilding trust and intimacy.
- Sex and Intimacy: Helping clients overcome sexual difficulties and improve their intimate relationships.
- LGBTQ+ Affirming: Providing a supportive space for LGBTQ+ individuals, couples and polycules to explore their identities and relationships without fear of judgment.
- Polyamory and Ethically Non-Monogamous Relationships: Offering guidance and support for clients in polyamorous, open relationships and ethically non-monogamous, helping them navigate the unique challenges and dynamics of non-monogamy.
- Kink and BDSM: Creating an accepting environment for clients involved in kink and BDSM communities, addressing their specific needs and fostering healthy, consensual practices.
- Neurodiversity: Working with neurodiverse individuals and couples to understand and address their unique relationship and communication challenges, promoting neurodiversity-affirmative practices.
I believe that every individual and every relationship is unique and deserving of respect and understanding. By fostering an atmosphere of empathy and openness and using an integrative counselling approach that blends person-centered, psychodynamic, systemic, object relations, and attachment theories, I aim to help clients discover their strengths, overcome their challenges, and build lasting, meaningful connections
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications
- 2024 - 2025 - Level 5 Diploma in Relational Therapy
- 2021 – 2023 • University of Worcester • Foundation Degree (FdSc) Counselling
- 2020 – 2021 • Heart of Worcestershire College • CPCAB Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies
- 2019 – 2020 • Heart of Worcestershire College • CPCAB Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills
- 2000 – 2002 • University of Wolverhampton • BSc (Hons) Specialist Practice (General Practice Nursing)
- 1993 • United Midlands College of Nursing and Midwifery • ENB 901 Family Planning Nursing
- 1987 – 1990 • Royal Shrewsbury Hospital• Registered General Nurse Training
Experience
- 1987 to 2002 - Registered General Nurse/Nurse Practitioner
- 2006 to 2022 - Samaritans listening volunteer
- 2023 to Present - volunteer counsellor with The Bridge Counselling Service Worcester
- 2023 to 2024 - Trauma counsellor West Mercia Women's Aid
- 2024 - present - Self employed therapist in private practice at Millwell Counselling
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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Gender affirming, LGBTQ+ friendly, polyamory positive and kink-aware. Neurodiversity positive and trauma informed. Whoever you are and whatever you are going through, you will find acceptance, compassion and empathy with me.
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 - £80.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Individual sessions - £60
Couples/Relationship sessions - £80
You are in charge of your own therapy and we can work with a number of sessions that are feasible and realistic for your schedule and budget. I usually suggest that clients expect a minimum of six sessions.
I reserve a very few lower cost sessions every week for clients experiencing severe difficulties so please feel free to contact me if you are in need of counselling but unsure if it is financially possible and I can discuss my availability. I offer a free initial fifteen minute telephone call to help with any questions or concerns you may have before we begin.
When I work
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I hold my weekday sessions between 10am and 7pm and am available on a Saturday until 5pm at a 50% premium on my usual rate.
Further information
I work with clients across the West Mercia region - Worcestershire, Shropshire and Herefordshire from my cosy therapy room in Bewdley, Worcestershire. Alternatively, we can hold our sessions online; this can work well for clients who have a quiet, private and confidential place to spend an hour, and technology such as a laptop or smartphone. Clients in relationship sessions do not have to be in the same location to participate in online therapy. In certain circumstances, I can also offer telephone counselling. I offer a free introductory 15 minute consultation, usually by telephone or online, so that we can determine whether we can work together well, and you can tell me about your circumstances and the reason you are seeking counselling. After that, we will meet regularly for sessions lasting 50 minutes; clients often tell me that this is their first experience of being listened to and really heard, and this can have a profound effect. My aim is for my clients to leave their sessions feeling safe and respected and that this will lead them to find their own emotional safety and self-respect as a result of our therapeutic work.
