Michelle King, BACP

Michelle King is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with 17 years of experience. She works in a respectful and compassionate way and aims to make the first steps into therapy feel manageable. Michelle tailors conversations to each person's needs and supports people through difficult life moments.

She uses approaches rooted in attachment work and client-centred practice to help people understand their relationships and their own emotional responses. Cognitive techniques are offered to spot patterns of thinking that increase anxiety or low mood. Mindfulness and skills from dialectical behaviour therapy are also used to build practical coping tools.

Michelle often helps with stress, worry, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression and compassion fatigue. She also addresses related issues such as abandonment, attachment difficulties, body image and caregiver stress. Practical worries like communication problems, control issues, divorce and separation are part of her caseload too.

Sessions focus on clear, manageable steps rather than jargon. Conversations aim to balance exploring feelings with trying small, doable changes between meetings. Clients work at a pace that suits them and decide which techniques feel most helpful.

Her registration is with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Sessions are conducted in English and Michelle does not accept international clients. To start, people complete a short questionnaire and schedule according to availability via the site's Start Therapy process.

How attachment and practical approaches work online

Michelle commonly uses attachment-based work to look at how early and close relationships shape current feelings and reactions; this helps with issues such as abandonment, attachment concerns and relationship patterns. Client-centred therapy provides a listening, non-judgemental space where the person sets the pace and topics for sessions. Cognitive behavioural techniques focus on spotting and changing unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns, which can reduce anxiety and low mood.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to decide which methods feel most useful, based on the person's needs, goals and preferences. Adjustments are made over time so sessions match what is actually helping.

Confirm the session formats before booking, as the biography does not specify which options are offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, for example by saving travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a break, or removing the need to be on camera when that is not suitable. Many people find the combination of reflective attachment work and concrete cognitive skills translates well to remote meetings, while mindfulness and DBT skills can be practised between sessions to support daily coping.