Michelle Jo, BACP

Michelle Jo is a counsellor working in the United Kingdom with five years of clinical experience. She holds BACP accreditation, and combines mindfulness practices with practical skills work to help people navigate stress, anxiety and low mood. Her style is direct and supportive and she encourages people to use their own strengths when facing change.

Michelle uses breathing exercises, body scans and guided meditation to help people manage overwhelming feelings. She also teaches assertiveness and healthier ways to communicate, so everyday relationships feel less draining. Psychoeducation is part of her approach - she explains what’s happening and why, so clients can make clearer choices.

Her work covers a broad range of concerns including relationship and intimacy issues, grief, addiction-related struggles, sleeping problems and coping with major life changes. She also supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, caregiving stress, chronic illness and cancer related worries. Michelle takes practical steps with each person to build coping skills that fit their life.

Michelle draws on evidence-informed approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy alongside attachment-based and client-centred work. Sessions focus on what the person wants to change and on small, achievable steps toward those goals.

She offers therapy in English and accepts international clients. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule appointments according to the therapist’s availability.

How online therapy uses tested approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without being driven by them and to take values-based actions. It is often used for anxiety, low mood and coping with ongoing life stress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on understanding and changing unhelpful thought patterns and behaviours; it is commonly used for anxiety, depression and sleep problems. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and communication, and can help with intimacy and trust issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms and preferences, and together they will choose which methods to try. That collaborative process means techniques can be adapted over time to suit changing needs.

The original biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm the available online options before booking. Many people find online counselling helps them fit sessions around work and family life, reduces travel time and makes it easier to maintain regular appointments. Online sessions also allow shorter check-ins when needed and make it simpler to use guided mindfulness exercises between meetings.