Michelle Borlesi
Practical support for stress and life changes
About Michelle
Michelle Borlesi is a counsellor in the United Kingdom with five years of professional experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self‑esteem and motivation difficulties. Michelle approaches clients with respect for their own story and strengths, and aims to support them as they take the first steps towards change.
Her background includes work on trauma and abuse, addiction and mood concerns such as depression and bipolar. She also helps people dealing with relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strains, career challenges and the effects of compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
Additional focus areas include abandonment, attachment and communication problems, codependency and first responder issues. Michelle draws on a range of therapeutic approaches. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people live by their values, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to address unhelpful thinking and behaviour, and Client‑Centred methods to build a trusting working relationship.
She also integrates elements from Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Jungian ideas when these fit a person’s needs. Sessions are practical and straightforward. Michelle works with clients to set clear goals and to practise useful skills between meetings.
She encourages small, manageable steps so change feels achievable. Her registration is shown as BACP Therapist - Registered Member MBACP (Accred). Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
To start, people complete an initial matching questionnaire and then schedule according to availability.
What Michelle works with
How Michelle works
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Listed by Michelle among the ways they work.
Sessions & fees
How therapeutic approaches work remotely
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward a valued life. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and getting unstuck from avoidance. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting patterns of thinking and behaviour that cause distress and then practising new, more helpful ways of reacting; it suits problems like anxiety, depression and unhelpful habits. Client‑Centred Therapy centres the relationship and aims to create an accepting space where clients can reflect and find their own solutions.Picking the right approach is part of the work. Michelle will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and preferences. That choice is reviewed as therapy progresses so treatments stay relevant and practical.
Please confirm the specific session options before booking so you know how meetings are arranged. Many people find online work helps fit therapy around busy days, makes shorter check‑ins easier and reduces travel time. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises, homework and discussion to remote sessions so that progress continues between appointments.
| 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
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
