Michele Kavanagh
Practical, compassionate counselling for everyday struggles
About Michele
Michele Kavanagh is a BACP-registered counsellor who offers warm, practical support for people under stress. She focuses on clear, down-to-earth conversations to help with anxiety, low mood and confidence. Michele aims to create a calm space where clients can say what they feel and be listened to without judgement.
Michele draws on a mix of therapy styles to match what each person needs. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships shape current patterns.
Background and approach
Cognitive behavioural techniques help break unhelpful thoughts and habits. Trauma-focused and psychodynamic work can be used when deeper or painful experiences need attention. Clients come for help with a wide range of concerns.
Common topics include relationship strain, family issues, bereavement, sleep problems, parenting stress, anger and career worries. Michele also supports people dealing with compassion fatigue, addictions, guilt and questions about life purpose and self-love. With four years of experience, Michele keeps sessions simple and practical.
Conversations focus on what changes would feel most helpful and on small steps clients can try between meetings. She aims to be direct but kind, helping people build confidence and clearer ways of coping. Michele works in the United Kingdom and carries the BACP credential.
Sessions are offered in English and use a straightforward, client-led pace to suit different needs.
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Sessions & fees
How Michele's approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape present feelings and behaviour. Online sessions can help people notice patterns in how they relate to others and practise different responses in everyday life. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behaviour changes. It works well online because thought records, short experiments and homework can be shared and reviewed between sessions. Trauma-focused therapy addresses the impact of distressing events and helps reduce their hold on daily life; careful, paced conversations can be carried out remotely when both client and therapist agree on the pace.Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the work. Michele will talk with each person about goals, preferences and past experience, then suggest which methods to try first. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as therapy progresses.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to give practical flexibility. Video is useful for a fuller conversation and non-verbal cues. Phone sessions can fit a short break or use less bandwidth. Live chat and messaging suit quick check-ins or when writing feels easier. These options make it simpler to work around work, family and travel commitments while keeping a steady therapeutic process.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
