Michelle Jo , BACP

Michelle Jo is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom who draws on five years of professional practice. She brings a calm, practical style and uses mindfulness tools alongside talking therapies to help people manage stress, anxiety and low mood.

Michelle blends short practical exercises with reflective conversations. She teaches simple breathing exercises, body scans and guided meditations to help people feel steadier in the moment. She also supports people to build assertiveness and clearer communication skills.

Her background includes a degree in Psychology and a level 1 Train To Teach Mindfulness certificate from the Mindfulness Association. Michelle uses that knowledge to explain how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact. She favours plain language and practical steps rather than technical jargon.

People often come to her for help with relationship challenges, trauma and abuse, self-esteem issues, grief and problems with sleep. She also offers support around addictions, career stress, parenting strain and coping with life changes. Additional concerns she addresses include attachment and abandonment issues, chronic illness and caregiving stress.

Michelle describes therapy as a collaborative process. She helps people identify goals and works alongside them to try different strategies. Sessions focus on small changes that can make daily life feel more manageable and on building skills that last beyond therapy.

How Michelle applies proven approaches online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then take actions that match their values. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behaviour and offers practical steps to change unhelpful cycles, which can help with anxiety, low mood and sleep problems. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current ways of connecting, and it can help with intimacy, abandonment and communication concerns.

Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. Michelle will talk through goals and preferences and suggest which methods might help most. She adapts exercises and pacing so the work fits a person's needs rather than forcing a single model.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and guided practices, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat lets someone check in quickly, and messaging supports short reflections between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caregiving and other life demands while keeping the focus on practical skills and steady progress.