- Years in practice
- 10
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Grief
About Michelle
Michelle Robinson-Hayes offers help for common parenting concerns and related stresses. She supports people dealing with anxiety, sleep problems, low self-esteem, grief, addiction, anger and changes that affect day-to-day family life. Michelle is BACP which means she is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
She combines talking therapy with practical coaching to help clients move forward. Michelle uses straightforward, person-focused work in sessions. She draws on client-centred methods to listen and reflect what matters to each person.
Background and approach
She also uses cognitive behavioural techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of coping. Hypnotherapy and mindfulness are offered where they fit a person’s goals. Her background includes nearly a decade running a counselling and hypnotherapy practice called The Listening Tree.
Before that she spent many years in senior management roles, leading teams and delivering training. That mix of clinical and organisational experience shapes a practical, outcome-minded style in sessions. Michelle has delivered bereavement support during placements and has supervised other counsellors.
She has taught counselling and hypnotherapy up to level 5 and provided mentoring to students and mature learners. She has over 1,000 hours of counselling practice alongside hundreds of hypnotherapy hours. Sessions are offered in English and can be arranged with video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text messaging.
International clients may be supported. To begin, users complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions through the Start Therapy flow.
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
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Michelle lists
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Approaches and online support for parenting concerns
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person without judgement. It helps people feel heard and encourages self-directed change by following the client’s priorities and pace.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the connection between thoughts, feelings and actions. It teaches simple tools to test unhelpful thinking and try small behavioural changes, which can help with anxiety, low mood and sleep problems.
Hypnotherapy uses guided relaxation and focused attention to support changes in habits and reactions. It can be useful alongside other approaches for stress, sleep and some behavioural patterns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and try methods that match needs and preferences. Decisions are made together and adjusted as progress is reviewed.
Online sessions are available by video, phone, live chat or text messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging suit brief check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare and daily life while still using established therapeutic methods.
Questions people ask about Michelle
What parenting and family concerns does she help with?
She supports people with parenting stress, sleep and eating difficulties, relationship strain, grief, anger and coping with life changes that affect family routines.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Sessions are practical and person-focused, combining listening with tools to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has around 10 years of experience in counselling and over 1,000 counselling hours plus several hundred hours of hypnotherapy.
What professional registration and location apply?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Work can take place by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different schedules.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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