Michelle Banks
Warm client-centred counsellor focused on person-led growth
About Michelle
Michelle Banks welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure where to turn. She offers calm, non-judgemental support for stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and a wide range of other life challenges. Michelle presents herself plainly and with warmth to help people take the first steps towards change.
She works from a client-centred perspective that respects each person's own goals and pace. That means sessions focus on what matters to the individual and on building their confidence to make decisions.
Background and approach
Michelle also draws on mindfulness techniques to help with repeated worry and intrusive thoughts. Her background includes seven years of counselling experience and membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, listed as BACP. Michelle has supported people dealing with trauma and abuse, addictions, eating and sleeping difficulties, and obsessive-compulsive concerns among other issues.
Michelle also offers help around identity and multicultural matters, including gender dysphoria and LGBT concerns, as well as practical issues such as immigration and end-of-life worries. She aims to respond with sensitivity to each person's cultural and life context. Her style is warm and interactive.
Sessions are focused on listening, reflecting, and helping people find their own solutions. If someone is ready to take a step toward feeling better, Michelle provides steady support and encouragement.
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Sessions & fees
How Michelle's approaches translate to online counselling
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so people feel understood. Online sessions can still centre on the client's concerns, helping them name goals and decide next steps. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce worry and manage intrusive thoughts; these exercises can be guided in sessions and practised between meetings.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Michelle will work with the person to see which ways of working feel most helpful, and will adjust methods over time based on their needs and preferences.
The original biography does not specify which online or remote session formats are used, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments around work or family commitments, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people use mindfulness exercises in the moments they need them and continue progress between sessions.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| 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
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
