Michelle Robinson-Hayes, BACP

Michelle Robinson-Hayes is a psychotherapeutic counsellor and hypnotherapist who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief and self-esteem problems. She supports those dealing with addiction issues, sleep or eating difficulties, parenting strain, and intimacy-related concerns. Michelle also works with people navigating career changes, bipolar mood difficulties, ADHD and compassion fatigue.

Her approach is warm and practical. Sessions focus on what a person wants to change and small steps to get there. She uses talking therapy alongside techniques from hypnotherapy and mindfulness to help people feel steadier and more able to cope.

Michelle trained and practices within the standards of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She has around ten years of counselling experience and has logged over 1,000 hours of counselling and 500 hours of hypnotherapy work. That background informs a steady, experienced way of working with sensitive issues.

She has also worked for many years in senior management and in corporate settings, which shaped her coaching and training skills. Michelle runs a counselling and hypnotherapy service called The Listening Tree and has taught student counsellors and hypnotherapists to level 5.

Her past volunteering includes significant bereavement work with CRUSE. She also supervises other counsellors and offers mentoring for students and mature learners returning to study. Michelle aims to help people find manageable changes that fit their everyday lives.

How Michelle uses therapy approaches online

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening closely and helping people find their own solutions. It is useful for building self-esteem and sorting out relationship or life-direction questions.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions link. It helps people manage anxiety, mood and habits by practising different ways of thinking and behaving.

Hypnotherapy uses guided relaxation and focused attention to support change work, such as coping with fears, habit change or building confidence. It is used alongside talking therapy rather than as a stand-alone promise of results.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose techniques that match their needs, goals and preferences. That may mean trying a few options and checking what feels most helpful over time.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week and reduce travel time. It can also allow for different kinds of contact that suit a person’s schedule or energy levels. The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the current options before booking to ensure they fit your routine.