Michelle Beard, BACP

Michelle Beard welcomes people who are worried, overwhelmed or confused about relationship and personal issues. She offers a calm, non-judgemental space to talk about things like anxiety, depression, jealousy, addiction and problems with intimacy. Michelle aims to make sessions straightforward and practical, so people can start to feel steadier sooner.

Michelle is a BACP counsellor with seven years' experience working in the United Kingdom. She helps people dealing with grief, trauma and life changes, and supports those facing work stress, parenting strain or challenges related to gender and sexual identity. She also works with concerns such as compulsive behaviours, paranoia, bipolar difficulties and self-harm thoughts.

In sessions she listens first and follows the client’s lead. She draws on client-centred ways of working to build a trusting relationship. Where useful she brings in cognitive behavioural tools to map thoughts and habits and make small practical changes.

Mindfulness techniques are used to help with stress, sleep and anxiety, and motivational interviewing can support decisions around change. Michelle adapts her approach to what each person needs rather than using a single method for everyone.

People describe practical, down-to-earth conversations that focus on what is possible next. Michelle encourages small steps, clear goals and regular check-ins so progress is easy to see. To begin, clients use the continue button on this profile and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling sessions.

How Michelle blends approaches for online counselling

Michelle uses client-centred counselling to put the person’s concerns first and to build a trusting working relationship. This approach focuses on listening and following the client’s pace, which can be helpful for discussing sensitive topics like jealousy or identity concerns.

She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. CBT provides practical exercises and short tools to test unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviours, which many people find useful for anxiety, low mood and obsessive worries.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Michelle will talk through your goals, preferences and how you respond to different techniques, and then suggest a plan you both agree on. The choices she offers are collaborative and reviewed as progress is made.

The original biography does not list specific session delivery methods. Please confirm current session options before booking so you know what is available. Online therapy can make it easier to fit counselling around work, childcare and travel, and it can reduce the time spent arranging appointments, helping sessions feel more manageable within everyday life.