Michelle Copley, BACP
Michelle Copley draws on a client-focused, collaborative approach to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression and relationship concerns.
About Michelle
Michelle Copley draws on a client-focused, collaborative approach to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression and relationship concerns. She uses practical talking and learning in sessions to build understanding and coping skills. Michelle is a BACP registered counsellor and has worked in the field since 2011.
Michelle offers a conversational style that aims to make starting therapy easier. She asks about what is happening for you now, listens to your experiences, and helps put things into clearer perspective.
Background and approach
The goal is to leave you with ways to apply new skills beyond sessions. Her work mixes Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Transactional Analysis and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, chosen to match each person’s needs. She explains the approaches she uses and helps people learn techniques they can use between sessions.
This practical focus supports change in everyday life. Michelle has experience with a wide range of concerns including trauma and grief, addiction, parenting and self-esteem. She also supports people with sleeping problems, anger, career stress, and coping with life changes.
Additional areas she sees include attachment and abandonment issues, chronic illness and caregiver stress, and body image concerns. All work is currently offered online through video, phone, live chat or text messaging. Sessions follow a personalised plan that reflects what the individual wants to achieve.
Michelle aims to offer respectful, non-judgemental support while helping people take manageable steps forward.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 398804 | May 2026 |
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Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Michelle lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Ways of working Michelle names
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor lists and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online therapy
Michelle commonly uses Client-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) in her online work. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and creating a supportive, non-judgemental space so people can talk through what matters to them and find their own solutions. CBT looks at how thoughts and behaviours influence mood and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns, often used for anxiety, depression and stress. DBT teaches skills for managing strong emotions and improving coping, which can help with anger, self-harm urges and impulsive behaviours.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michelle will discuss options with each person and decide together which methods suit their needs and goals. This means sessions can combine approaches and adapt over time as the person's priorities change.
Online therapy here uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation without travel, phone sessions can be quicker check-ins or useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat and text messaging support shorter exchanges or ongoing written reflection. These formats help people fit therapy around work, family or health demands while still following a structured therapeutic plan.
Frequently asked
What concerns does this counsellor help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression and relationship worries, plus trauma, grief, addictions and parenting issues.
What is Michelle's therapy style like?
Her style is engaging and collaborative, with conversational sessions that aim to build insight and teach practical techniques.
How long has she been practising?
Michelle has 12 years of experience, having qualified in 2011 and worked with a wide range of client concerns since then.
Where is she based and what are her credentials?
She practises in the United Kingdom and is listed with the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Can I have sessions in another language or from another country?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
Which session formats are available?
Sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and routines.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I need to do to start?
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