Counsellor profile
Michelle Sewell, BACP
Counsellor - stress and relationships
See online counselling options- Client‑centred work
- CBT techniques
- Mindfulness practice
About Michelle
Counsellor and BACP member Michelle Sewell has four years' experience offering counselling in the United Kingdom. She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and self‑esteem issues among other concerns. Michelle helps people facing life changes, grief, parenting pressures and workplace stress.
Michelle uses a mix of practical and reflective approaches. She combines client‑centred work with cognitive behavioural tools and emotionally‑focused ideas. She also draws on mindfulness and psychodynamic perspectives when these suit the client's needs.
Sessions focus on what a person wants to change. Michelle can work on immediate coping strategies, communication patterns, or on understanding past influences that affect the present. She will talk through practical steps such as changing unhelpful thinking, practising present‑moment skills, or exploring relational patterns.
Her experience includes helping people with panic and anxiety, anger, intimacy concerns and caregiver stress. She also addresses body image, commitment and control issues, and problems around divorce and separation.
Michelle describes therapy as a collaborative process. She asks questions, listens, and offers different ways to try things between sessions. People can expect a mix of short term problem‑solving and longer conversations about feelings and relationships.
How Michelle uses different approaches in online counselling
Client‑centred therapy focuses on the person’s own perspective. The counsellor listens with minimal direction and helps people explore feelings and choices. This approach is useful when someone wants space to reflect and decide what matters to them. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It often involves spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and trying new ways of responding. CBT is commonly used for anxiety, panic and stress-related problems. Emotionally‑focused ideas concentrate on how people experience and express feelings in relationships. These methods help when intimacy, attachment or communication are causing strain. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The counsellor will discuss options and agree what to try based on the client’s needs and preferences. This is a collaborative decision and can change as therapy progresses. Practical benefits of online counselling can include fitting sessions around work or family commitments and reducing travel time. If you need clarity on which session formats she offers, please confirm options before booking. Registered or accredited professionals often use online sessions to make therapy easier to schedule and to support ongoing practical work between meetings.Areas of expertise
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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, relationship and self‑esteem concerns. Other areas include grief, parenting pressures, workplace issues and intimacy related matters.
What is her main way of working?
She uses an integrative style that includes client‑centred work alongside CBT and emotionally‑focused ideas. Mindfulness and psychodynamic approaches may also be used when relevant.
How much experience does she have?
She has four years' experience providing counselling in the United Kingdom.
Which professional body is she a member of?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, listed as BACP.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What are the session formats?
The original biography does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How do I start and what does it cost?
Sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time and cost varies with location. To begin, 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.