Counsellor profile
Michelle Allard, BACP
Counsellor - anxiety and relationships
See online counselling options- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- CBT techniques
About Michelle
Counsellor Michelle Allard is a BACP-registered counsellor with four years' experience working in the United Kingdom. She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship problems, grief, anger and addictions, among other concerns. Sessions focus on understanding what brings someone to therapy and finding practical ways forward.
Michelle uses a mix of approaches rather than a single method. She pays close attention to how earlier experiences shape current thoughts, feelings and relationships. That can help people untangle patterns that repeat in their lives. Sessions are collaborative and based on talking through what is most pressing for the client.
In practice she draws on attachment-based ideas to look at relationship patterns and on client-centred principles to follow the person's pace. Cognitive behavioural techniques are used where it helps to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. The blend means conversations can be short-term and focused or longer and more exploratory, depending on need.
Michelle supports people through practical problems such as sleep or eating difficulties and through more complex issues like trauma, domestic violence and gender dysphoria. She also helps with parenting strain, body image and substance concerns. Work may include exploring control issues, abandonment or attachment challenges.
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted. Fees vary with location and the service uses a cancellable subscription model. To begin, visitors are asked to use the site button to complete a short matching questionnaire and book a first session.
Therapeutic approaches used in online counselling
Michelle describes her work using attachment-based approaches, client-centred methods and cognitive behavioural ideas. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships influence current relationship patterns and can help when people struggle with closeness or recurring conflicts.Client-centred work means the counsellor follows the person's pace and focuses on listening and understanding. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) breaks down how thoughts, feelings and behaviours link together and offers practical ways to change unhelpful patterns, which can suit anxiety, low mood or sleep problems.
Choosing the right mix is part of the work together. The counsellor will discuss what helps, try approaches out, and adapt plans based on the person's goals and preferences. That way the approach is decided collaboratively rather than imposed.
The biography does not list particular session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make it possible to work with a counsellor when someone is living outside their local area.
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Experience
4+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, grief, anger and addictions, plus related concerns such as body image and sleep or eating difficulties.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style combines attachment-based work, client-centred listening and cognitive behavioural tools. Conversations can be short-term and practical or longer and more exploratory.
How much experience does she have?
She has four years' experience working as a counsellor in the United Kingdom.
Which professional body is she a member of?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.
What languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options on the booking page before arranging a first appointment.
How are fees handled?
Fees vary with location and sessions are billed through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start a first session?
Use the See online counselling options button on the site, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.