Counsellor profile
Michelle Lindsay, BACP
Counsellor - stress and relationships
See online counselling options- Client-Centred Therapy
- Existential Therapy
- BACP registered
About Michelle
Michelle Lindsay is a counsellor and a Registered Member of BACP with four years' experience in the UK. She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low mood and depression, self-esteem and relationship concerns among other issues.
She offers a straightforward, person-focused way of working. Sessions begin with listening to what is happening now and what the client wants to change. Michelle uses that information to agree a clear way forward together.
Her practice draws mainly on Client-Centred Therapy and Existential Therapy within an integrative humanistic framework. This means sessions focus on the person's experience, personal meaning and choices. Michelle may also use elements from other approaches when they seem helpful.
She has worked in private practice and within a community organisation, and she offers counselling both in person and online. Michelle encourages practical steps as well as reflective work, so conversations often include thinking about next steps and coping strategies for day-to-day life.
Michelle is used to supporting people through life changes such as grief, separation and career shifts. She also works with concerns linked to identity, including LGBT and gender dysphoria related topics. Her style is relational and collaborative, aiming to help clients notice resources they already have.
To begin she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session. Sessions are provided under a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How Michelle uses Client-Centred and Existential approaches online
Client-Centred Therapy places the person's experience at the centre. The counsellor listens without judgement, reflects what is said and supports the client to find their own solutions. This approach suits people who want a space to talk through feelings and make sense of their experience.Existential Therapy focuses on meaning, choice and responsibility. It looks at how people understand their lives and the decisions they make. This can help when facing big life changes, grief, or questions about identity and direction.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michelle will talk with the client about their needs and goals and decide together which ways of working feel most helpful. That decision can change over time as therapy progresses, and the counsellor aims to be collaborative in shaping sessions.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions around work, study and family life. It can also allow shorter check-ins, avoid travel, and make it simpler to continue sessions after a move. Registered or accredited professionals can use online work to keep therapy practical and focused on daily coping as well as reflection.
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Experience
4+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, self-esteem, relationship and parenting issues among other related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her approach is integrative humanistic, drawing mainly on Client-Centred and Existential Therapy. Work focuses on the person's experience and choices.
How much experience does she have?
Michelle has four years' experience working in the UK in both private practice and a community organisation.
Which professional body is she with?
She is a Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted. She works with clients in the United Kingdom.
How are sessions arranged and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start a first session?
Select the See online counselling options button, complete a 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.