Michelle Borlesi

Michelle Borlesi is a counsellor working in the United Kingdom with five years of professional experience. She holds membership with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, recorded as BACP, and she helps people who are facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem and motivation problems. Michelle approaches clients as experts in their own lives and aims to support them as they choose change.

Her sessions focus on practical steps people can use day to day. She listens for strengths and builds on those resources. She offers a calm, straightforward style that aims to make difficult feelings easier to understand. Michelle also works with issues such as trauma and abuse, addictions, eating concerns, anger and bipolar mood challenges.

She draws on a few well-established therapies to shape her work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people accept difficult thoughts while moving toward values-based goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy offers tools to change unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns. Client-Centred Therapy keeps the person’s experience central and emphasises a respectful, non-judgemental relationship.

Michelle also includes elements from Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Jungian ideas when these fit a person's needs. Over time she and the client agree which methods feel most useful. The aim is steady, achievable progress rather than quick fixes.

Michelle works with a wide range of life challenges including relationship and intimacy-related concerns, parenting matters, career stress and compassion fatigue. She also supports people navigating ADHD, abandonment or attachment issues, first responder stresses and ageing-related difficulties. If someone wants to begin, she asks them to use the site’s Start Therapy button to complete a short matching questionnaire and arrange scheduling.

How her approaches work online and in practice

Michelle uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centred Therapy as core influences in her work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, and then take actions that match their values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns and practising alternatives that reduce distress. Client-Centred Therapy concentrates on listening, empathy and respect to create a collaborative working relationship.

Finding the right approach is a shared task. Michelle will talk with each person about their goals and what feels helpful, then tailor elements from these therapies to fit the situation. The work is collaborative and paced to suit the individual rather than forcing a single method.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current online options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, for example by reducing travel time or allowing shorter check-ins during a break. It can also let people choose quieter surroundings, avoid being on camera when they prefer not to, or manage sessions across different locations when travel is difficult. Registered or accredited professionals aim to match a practical arrangement to each person’s needs.