Michelle Caleb, BACP

Michelle Caleb is a person-centred counsellor who draws on Client-Centred Therapy to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression and intimacy-related issues. She works in a calm, respectful way and keeps the person at the centre of each session. Michelle uses straightforward language and focuses on what matters most to the individual.

Michelle has six years of practice working with a wide range of concerns. She helps people managing addictions, relationship strain, low self-esteem and grief. Intimacy-related difficulties and challenges linked to neurodiversity are also part of her experience. Her registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy is noted as BACP.

In session she offers a listening approach that begins with understanding the person’s experience. She aims to create an accepting space where people can talk without judgement and recognise their own strengths. Sessions are shaped around the issues the client wants to focus on rather than following a rigid plan.

Michelle also uses mindfulness techniques to help people notice thinking and feeling in the moment. She brings simple, goal-focused steps from Solution-Focused Therapy to support practical change when that is helpful. Together these approaches allow for both reflective work and short-term problem solving.

People come to Michelle for many reasons: career stress, family conflict, coping with life changes, eating concerns, ADHD-related challenges and trauma or abuse. She asks questions, listens closely and works collaboratively to find ways forward that fit each person’s life.

How Michelle’s approaches work in online counselling

Michelle commonly draws on Client-Centred Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy, and she also uses Solution-Focused Therapy when short-term practical steps are needed. Client-Centred Therapy means the counsellor listens deeply and follows the person’s concerns so the session focuses on what matters now. Mindfulness Therapy introduces simple exercises to notice thoughts and feelings in the moment, which can help with anxiety and stress. Solution-Focused Therapy looks for small, practical changes and next steps that move things forward.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Michelle will talk with the client about goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, and then try methods that fit those needs. That collaborative process can include gentle reflection, breath-based noticing, or small experiments to test new ways of coping.

If you are considering online therapy, check the available session options before booking so you know how sessions will be held. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make it simpler to keep sessions during life changes, as the format can be chosen to suit everyday routines.