Michelle Lumley

Michelle Lumley is a qualified and registered BACP counsellor with three years of experience, offering online counselling sessions across the United Kingdom. She holds professional liability insurance and regularly attends professional development workshops to maintain and sharpen her practice.

She has worked with people seeking support for anxiety, bereavement, depression, self-harm, sexual abuse and domestic abuse, among other concerns. As an integrative counsellor she draws on a range of therapeutic approaches that are selected to meet each person’s individual needs. Her practice is grounded in a humanistic way of working, centred on building a trusted relationship through attentive listening and curious, open questions.

This approach can be particularly helpful when someone senses discomfort but is unsure of its source. Michelle aims to provide a space where clients can explore their experiences without fear of judgement or criticism. She respects each person’s views and does not tell people what to feel, think or do; instead she collaborates with clients and regularly reviews progress to ensure the work remains appropriate.

She has been described as patient, kind and curious, and she offers creative options such as art materials and reflective writing when these may help. Creative methods can sometimes open alternative ways to express and understand aspects of life that are hard to put into words.

Michelle provides both online and face-to-face counselling for adults aged 18 and over. Online sessions are available to clients throughout the UK, and she offers short-term or long-term work depending on need. Flexible session times can also be arranged for people who work changing shift patterns.

An initial exploratory session can be arranged to discuss how counselling might be useful. During that first meeting she will complete any necessary paperwork with the client and explain how she works ethically within the BACP framework—BACP being the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Together they will agree a working arrangement, discuss the issues that brought the person to therapy, and identify possible areas to focus on. This may feel unfamiliar at first, and the process is always paced to suit the individual.

Michelle can offer support with concerns such as ADD / ADHD, anger management, anxiety, autism spectrum issues, bereavement, cancer-related distress, child-related issues, chronic fatigue syndrome / ME, depression, disability-related matters, eating disorders, health-related issues, identity questions, loss, obsessions, OCD, phobias, redundancy, relationship difficulties, self-esteem, self-harm, sexual identity, stress and work-related problems. She integrates methods including Gestalt, humanistic, person-centred work and transactional analysis into her therapeutic practice.