- Years in practice
- 3
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Michaela
Michaela Duffy is a UK counsellor who focuses on parenting concerns alongside stress and anxiety. She approaches each conversation with respect for the client's experience and looks for practical steps people can use in everyday life. She keeps language simple and aims to make sessions easy to follow for someone feeling overwhelmed.
With three years of professional experience she supports people with relationship issues, family conflict, low self-esteem and depression.
Background and approach
Michaela also helps with career worries, coping with life changes and ADHD-related challenges. She listens for strengths clients already have and builds from those resources. Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth.
Sessions are a place to talk through problems, try new ways of responding, and revisit what’s working. Michaela helps people notice patterns and experiment with small changes between meetings. She draws on Client-Centred Therapy to keep the conversation focused on the client's perspective.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is used when practical tools for thoughts and behaviour are helpful. Psychodynamic ideas are woven in to look at how past experiences shape current reactions. Michaela works in English and practices in the United Kingdom.
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - BACP. Practical session options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging through the service.
What Michaela works with
Everything Michaela lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Michaela helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Michaela lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the client's perspective and aims to create a supportive space where people feel heard. It helps when someone needs acceptance, clarity and encouragement to find their own solutions.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the connections between thoughts, feelings and actions. It is useful for managing anxiety, mood concerns and practical problem-solving by using exercises and experiments between sessions.
Psychodynamic Therapy explores how past experiences and unconscious patterns shape present reactions. This can be helpful for understanding persistent relationship or attachment patterns and making different choices.
Deciding which approach to use is a shared process. Michaela will talk with the client about their goals and preferences and together they will try approaches that suit the person’s needs. Sessions can change over time as priorities shift.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls are close to face-to-face work, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people reflect in writing between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy around parenting, work and other commitments.
Questions people ask about Michaela
What issues does Michaela commonly help with?
Michaela supports people with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns. She also works with low self-esteem, depression, parenting challenges, career worries and ADHD-related difficulties.
What is her therapeutic approach like?
She uses a collaborative, conversational style that keeps language simple. Sessions often focus on practical strategies, noticing patterns and trying manageable changes between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has three years of professional experience working with the concerns listed in her profile. That experience informs a straightforward, practice-oriented way of working.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - BACP and practices in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time; her practice is based in the United Kingdom.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be held via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging depending on what suits the client's needs.
How are costs and the first steps handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and are managed through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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