Michelle Freeman, BACP
13 years in practice
Michelle Freeman is a counsellor with 13 years' experience working in the United Kingdom.
License and registration
- BACP
- 64785 · expires July 2026
- Years in practice
- 13
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Michelle
Michelle Freeman is a counsellor with 13 years' experience working in the United Kingdom. She holds BACP registration and brings a practical, client-led approach to sessions. Michelle focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy concerns, trauma and related sleep problems, plus issues like self-esteem, anger and eating worries.
She uses a blend of approaches to match what each person needs. That can include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), client-centred work and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).
Background and approach
Michelle also practises hypnotherapy and draws on mindfulness tools when helpful. Sessions are conversational and paced to suit the individual. The therapist aims to build a respectful, non-judgemental relationship and to understand problems from the client's point of view.
Practical skills are taught alongside space to process difficult memories or feelings. Michelle has experience supporting people after abuse and with trauma-related symptoms such as flashbacks, nightmares and dissociation. She offers both shorter-term focused work and longer-term therapy depending on what the person wants.
Her additional focus areas include ADHD, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness, attachment and a range of personality-related concerns. Sessions are run in English and Michelle accepts international clients via online formats.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Michelle lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Self esteem
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Michelle names
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Hypnotherapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Michelle blends approaches for online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to identify personal values and take small steps towards them while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. It can help when stress, anxiety or life changes get in the way of daily choices. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a method used to reduce the intensity of distressing memories by working through them in a structured way alongside eye movements or similar bilateral stimulation. It is commonly used for trauma-related symptoms such as flashbacks and nightmares. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and patterns and testing them with practical behavioural experiments, which can help with anxiety, sleep problems and mood changes.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michelle will discuss options and try methods collaboratively, adapting plans as goals and needs become clearer. Clients and therapist decide together which techniques to focus on and how quickly to progress.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter updates, reflective writing or people who prefer typed communication. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family or travel and give different ways to engage with the same therapeutic tools.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does Michelle help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep difficulties, low self-esteem, anger and eating concerns, among others.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Michelle uses a client-led, conversational style that mixes practical skills and reflective work. Sessions aim to be paced to what the person needs that day.
What experience does she bring?
She has 13 years of experience, including work supporting people affected by domestic abuse and trauma-related symptoms.
What credentials and location are noted?
Michelle holds BACP registration and is based in the United Kingdom.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages or countries?
Sessions are offered in English and Michelle accepts international clients for online work.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
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