Michele Mckillop, BACP
Michele Mckillop is a BACP counsellor with eight years of professional experience in the United Kingdom.
About Michele
Michele Mckillop is a BACP counsellor with eight years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She focuses on relationship and family matters, trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns and coping with life changes. Michele aims to help people feel steadier and more in control as they face difficult moments.
She believes clients are the experts in their own stories and brings a collaborative attitude to sessions. Michele highlights people’s existing strengths and helps them apply those strengths to current problems.
Background and approach
Her manner is supportive and encouraging, aimed at helping someone take the first steps toward change. In practice Michele listens closely to what matters most to each person. Conversations tend to focus on understanding patterns, improving communication and finding practical ways to manage emotional pain.
She works at a pace set by the client and uses straightforward language rather than technical terms. Common areas she addresses include abandonment and attachment concerns, difficulties with intimacy, and the emotional effects of trauma or abuse. Michele also supports people facing life transitions, midlife uncertainty, or problems with mood and self-image.
Sessions often look at day-to-day strategies for coping, ways to rebuild connection in relationships, and steps to reduce isolation. Michele helps people reflect, practise new ways of relating, and plan small changes that add up over time.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 375040 | April 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Cost Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Michele lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Michele uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional understanding. One approach she uses helps people identify attachment patterns and how those patterns affect relationships; this involves noticing recurring reactions and practising different responses to feel safer in close relationships. Another approach focuses on trauma-informed work, helping people make sense of past hurts, reduce flashbacks or intrusive memories, and build everyday coping skills to manage overwhelming emotions.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Michele listens to the concerns, goals and preferences of each person and together they decide which ways of working to try. She reviews progress and adapts plans as needs evolve, so therapy stays relevant and helpful.
Online formats offer real flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging can suit quick check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options make it simpler to fit sessions into workdays, childcare routines or when travel is difficult, while keeping therapy consistent over time.
Frequently asked
What kinds of issues does Michele help with?
Michele works with relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues and coping with life changes. She also addresses abandonment, attachment, body image and mood concerns.
How would you describe Michele's therapeutic style?
Her approach is collaborative and strengths-based. She listens closely, uses plain language and focuses on practical steps people can try between sessions.
What is Michele's background and experience?
She has eight years of professional experience working with clients in the UK and brings that practical experience to her sessions.
What credentials and location should I know about?
Michele is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and she works with people in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Michele?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.