Michelle Jo, BACP
5 years in practice
Michelle Jo is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who brings an existential perspective to therapy.
License and registration
- BACP
- 388777 · expires August 2026
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Michelle
Michelle Jo is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who brings an existential perspective to therapy. She combines that outlook with practical tools to help people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and depression. Michelle has five years of professional experience and holds BACP accreditation.
She views each person as the expert of their own story and focuses on strengths as a starting point. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person's needs.
Background and approach
Michelle uses mindfulness exercises such as breathing techniques, body scans and guided meditation to help people regulate strong feelings. Practical skills are part of the work. She teaches assertiveness and clear communication so people can set boundaries and express needs.
Psychoeducation is offered to explain how thoughts, feelings and behaviour link together, making change easier to plan and follow through. Her approach also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and cognitive behavioural ideas when they suit a person's goals. Attachment-based ideas appear when relationship patterns are relevant, especially around abandonment, commitment and communication difficulties.
Michelle has supported people through grief, trauma, addiction concerns, chronic illness and major life transitions. She aims to provide steady support while helping people try new ways of coping. For someone feeling stuck, she offers a mix of reflective conversation and straightforward techniques to test in everyday life.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Michelle lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- 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
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Michelle names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online therapy
Existential therapy helps people look at meaning, choice and the dilemmas of everyday life in a straightforward way. Conversations focus on what matters to the person now and how they want their life to change.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches practical ways to live with difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to meaningful actions. It can help with anxiety, depression and coping with chronic health problems.
Attachment-based ideas are used when relationship patterns, abandonment or communication problems are relevant. These discussions look at early patterns and how they show up in current relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will talk with the person about goals and preferences and together they decide which methods to use. This collaborative process means techniques are adjusted as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and text-based messaging can support ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caregiving and other commitments while still using evidence-informed approaches.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does this counsellor help with?
Michelle supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, addictions and grief among other concerns listed in her profile.
How would you describe the therapeutic style?
Her work combines an existential outlook with mindfulness, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and cognitive behavioural techniques in a collaborative, strengths-based style.
What experience does she bring?
She has five years of professional experience and has worked with people facing life changes, chronic illness, caregiver stress, grief and trauma.
What credentials and location are listed?
Michelle holds BACP accreditation and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international work are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
People can meet via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging.
How are costs and billing handled?
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