Michelle Kalam
Calm, practical counselling for life changes
About Michelle
Michelle Kalam is a BACP counsellor who focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief and life changes. She works to create a calm, open space where thoughts and feelings can be spoken about without judgement. Michelle aims to support and empower people taking early steps towards change or recovery.
With four years of professional experience, Michelle draws on practical methods to help people manage mood, low self-esteem and relationship strain.
Background and approach
Sessions often involve talking through recent events, spotting unhelpful patterns and practising new ways of coping. She also supports people dealing with trauma, abuse, eating concerns and compassion fatigue. Michelle pays attention to how past attachments and experiences affect present choices.
This includes work around abandonment, attachment issues and difficult family dynamics. She also helps people with body image, guilt, shame and the challenges of caregiving and end-of-life situations. Her approach is straightforward and collaborative.
She encourages people to set small, realistic goals and to try techniques between sessions. Progress is usually paced to the person’s comfort and needs. Sessions are offered in English and Michelle accepts international clients.
She offers a mix of video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to fit different routines and schedules.
What Michelle works with
Sessions & fees
How therapeutic approaches work online
Evidence-based techniques are used to help people make practical changes. One common approach is talking-based work that looks at thoughts, feelings and behaviours. This helps when anxiety, low mood or unhelpful habits get in the way of daily life. Another approach focuses on attachment and past relationships to understand current patterns. That can be useful for people struggling with abandonment, trust or family problems.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and will try methods that match the person’s needs. Decisions are made together and adjusted over time so the work fits the individual rather than the other way around.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people see facial cues and run fuller conversations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief updates, reflection between sessions or people who prefer writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and busy lives while keeping the focus on steady progress.
| 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
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 4 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
