Michelle King
Calm, practical support for stress and trauma
About Michelle
Michelle King is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 17 years of experience. She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression and problems with self-esteem. She aims to offer a calm and respectful space where people can talk through what feels heavy and confusing.
Her approach is practical and person-focused. She adapts conversations and plans to match what each person needs. That might mean learning new ways to manage anxious thoughts, repairing patterns linked to attachment, or developing coping skills for life changes.
Background and approach
Michelle has supported people facing compassion fatigue and caregiving strain. She also helps with issues such as body image, communication difficulties, feelings of abandonment, and the ripple effects of separation or domestic violence. Her background means she is familiar with mood disorders and midlife transitions and can help people weigh options and make decisions.
In sessions she blends talking therapies with skills-based work. Cognitive behavioural techniques are used to spot unhelpful thinking. Mindfulness and elements of dialectical behaviour work can help with emotional regulation and tolerance.
Attachment-based ideas guide conversations about connection and trust. She believes first steps take courage and focuses on clear, manageable goals. People meet to set priorities, practise new strategies, and check progress.
The emphasis is on steady change that fits everyday life.
What Michelle works with
How Michelle works
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Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Michelle uses attachment-based ideas to look at how past and present relationships shape responses today. This approach helps people understand patterns of trust, abandonment and closeness that affect mood and behaviour.She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and trying small changes in behaviour. CBT can be useful for anxiety, low mood and coping with life changes. Mindfulness techniques are woven in to help with staying present and reducing reactivity during stressful moments.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your concerns, discuss different methods, and decide together what fits your needs and goals. Plans can be adjusted as you progress so the work remains relevant and manageable.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, written reflection, or days when a fast message feels easier. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caregiving and daily life while keeping the focus on steady progress.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
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- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
