- Years in practice
- 12
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Michelle
Michelle Copley is a counsellor who uses a collaborative, client-centred approach to help people manage stress and life changes. She is BACP registered and brings 12 years of experience supporting people with anxiety, depression, grief and parenting concerns. Sessions are conversational and focused on practical steps to feel steadier day to day.
Michelle adapts what she offers to suit each person. She blends Client-Centred Therapy with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and elements of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy.
Background and approach
This mix lets her address unhelpful thoughts, emotional regulation and relationship patterns in ways a person can use outside sessions. Her practice includes work around trauma, addictions, self-esteem and sleeping difficulties, plus concerns such as attachment, adoption and caregiver stress. Michelle describes therapy as a joint process of learning and change, where insight meets skill-building to create small, achievable shifts.
People can expect sessions that explain the approaches being used and offer tools to practise between meetings. Michelle frames early sessions as a chance to understand what matters most and to build a tailored plan to reach those goals. She has provided both in-person and online work, and now offers remote sessions only to make fitting therapy into busy lives simpler.
The focus is on respect, understanding and clear steps forward so people feel supported as they work through difficult moments.
What Michelle works with
Everything Michelle lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Michelle helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Michelle lists
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How therapy approaches translate to online sessions
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening without judgement and helping the person feel understood. It aims to create a space where someone can talk through concerns and notice their own strengths, which can be useful for stress, low mood and parenting worries.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions link together. It teaches practical strategies to spot unhelpful thinking and try new behaviours, often helping with anxiety, sleeping problems and low mood.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss your goals and preferences, and they will suggest which combination of methods might suit you best. This is a collaborative process so adjustments can be made as you go.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation without travel, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging suit short check-ins or people who prefer writing. Together these options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring duties and daily life.
Questions people ask about Michelle
What concerns does Michelle commonly help with?
She supports people experiencing stress, anxiety, depression, grief and parenting pressures, as well as trauma, addictions and relationship issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and conversational, combining client-centred listening with practical techniques to help people gain insight and make changes.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 12 years of experience working with a wide range of concerns and has developed an integrative approach over that time.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English only and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are held online via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist details; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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