Michele Kavanagh, BACP

Michele Kavanagh is a counsellor who uses an integrative approach to help people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety or life changes. She works to create an open, non-judgmental space where clients can talk about relationship strains, low self-esteem, grief, and compassion fatigue. Michele encourages people to take the first step and acknowledges how hard that can feel.

In sessions she focuses on listening so clients feel truly heard, not just listened to. She aims to understand each person’s world and to respond with compassion and acceptance. That practical focus means conversations stay grounded in everyday experience rather than jargon.

Michele draws on several approaches to tailor sessions to the person in front of her. She may use ideas from attachment work to look at patterns in close relationships and from cognitive behavioural techniques to notice and shift unhelpful thinking. Trauma-informed methods can be used where past events are affecting current life.

Her background includes four years of counselling practice and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP. Michele works from the United Kingdom and holds sessions in English.

Many people come to Michele with caregiver stress, parenting strains, sleeping difficulties or workplace pressure. She also supports those dealing with addiction, anger, intimacy issues or questions of life purpose. Conversations are paced to suit each person and to help build practical ways forward.

To begin, clients are invited to make contact and complete the initial steps to match with a counsellor. Michele aims to meet people where they are and to work together on realistic next steps.

How Michele's approaches work online and in conversation

Attachment-based work looks at how past and current relationships shape feelings and behaviours. It can help when someone notices repeating patterns in friendships or close relationships and wants clearer ways to connect.

Client-centred practice puts the person's experience at the heart of each session. The counsellor listens without judgement and follows the pace set by the client, which helps when someone needs space to make sense of difficult feelings.

Finding the right approach is part of the work itself. Michele will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, and then adapt methods together with the client. This collaborative process lets people try different ways of working and settle on what helps most.

For practicalities, confirm current session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around busy lives, cut travel time, or check in during a shorter break. It can also allow sessions to proceed when getting to an appointment is difficult. Ask about the available formats when you arrange the first appointment so timing and length can be matched to everyday routines.