Michelle Jo, BACP

Michelle Jo is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom with five years of professional experience. She works collaboratively and aims to help people make manageable changes in their day-to-day lives. Her style is practical and down-to-earth, using breathing exercises, guided body scans and mindful techniques to help people feel steadier in stressful moments.

She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and depression. She also supports people dealing with addictions, grief, sleep problems and intimacy-related issues. Additional areas include abandonment, attachment concerns, chronic illness and caregiving strain.

Michelle combines several evidence-informed approaches to suit the person in front of her. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take action, and uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques for thinking and behaviour patterns. Attachment-based ideas and client-centred listening guide how she responds in sessions.

Sessions often include mindfulness practices, assertiveness coaching and psychoeducation to build practical skills. Michelle uses simple tools such as breathing exercises and communication techniques so people can practise between meetings. Her degree in Psychology complements her counselling work and informs how she explains difficult experiences.

She encourages a steady, step-by-step pace and focuses on what a person can try next. People who want clear strategies alongside compassionate listening often find this approach useful. If you want to explore whether her way of working suits you, follow the site process to start a conversation.

How Michelle blends talking and practical tools online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people identify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values. It focuses on actions people can try even when thoughts or feelings are difficult. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behaviour and introduces exercises to change unhelpful cycles, such as breaking avoidance or testing anxious predictions.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Michelle will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and suggest what to try first. She aims to tailor sessions so tools and explanations match the problem and the pace the person is comfortable with.

The biography does not list specific online formats, so please confirm current session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow a quicker check-in during a work break. Some people prefer shorter audio check-ins when bandwidth is limited, while others use video for a fuller conversation. Registered and accredited professionals often adapt exercises like guided breathing and behavioural experiments for remote sessions, so practical skills remain a focus even when you are not meeting in person.