Michelle Sewell

Michelle Sewell is a counsellor who draws on an integrative approach to meet each person’s needs. She combines gentle listening with practical steps, helping people who feel stuck, overwhelmed by anger or anxiety, or facing big life changes. Michelle aims to make therapy a shared process rather than something done to a client.

She works from several well-established approaches and adjusts them to what each person wants. That can mean short-term, goal-focused work to find immediate relief, or looking into past patterns to understand current reactions. Sessions are intended to give space to think, feel, and try new ways of responding to stress, relationships and self-esteem challenges.

Michelle has four years of professional experience and practises in the United Kingdom. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Her background includes supporting people through grief, parenting pressures, workplace strain and compassion fatigue.

In the room she uses techniques from client-centred counselling, cognitive behavioural ideas, emotionally focused work and mindfulness, along with psychodynamic thinking when helpful. The aim is practical change alongside greater self-understanding, tailored to what each person wants to work on.

If someone is unsure where to begin, Michelle invites them to describe what feels hardest right now. From there she and the person agree on the focus and pace of the work together.

How different approaches translate to online therapy

Client-centred work puts the person’s concerns and pace first, with the counsellor offering empathetic listening and reflection to help people talk through what matters most. This approach suits those who need space to be heard and to make sense of feelings like anger or low self-esteem.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavioural changes. It is useful for stress, anxiety and panic attacks because it gives clear steps to try between sessions and measurable ways to track progress.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify and shift patterns in close relationships. It can be helpful for intimacy-related worries, communication problems and commitment concerns by naming emotional responses and finding new ways to connect.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and together decide which methods to try. That collaborative process allows sessions to change over time as needs evolve.

Because the biography does not list specific online formats, please confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around busy lives, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Registered and accredited professionals often adapt exercises for remote sessions so progress can continue even when attending in person is difficult.