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Michele Mckillop, BACP

Credentials: BACP
Experience: 8 years
Practising in: United Kingdom
Languages: English
Sessions: Online only
Client ages: Adults, 18 and over

Works with Relationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuse Intimacy-related issues Coping with life changes

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Michele Mckillop is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She has eight years of professional experience working in the United Kingdom. Michele focuses on relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, and life transitions.

She works in a way that recognises each person as the expert on their own story. Michele looks for strengths clients already have and builds on them. She aims to make the first steps towards change feel manageable and clear.

Background and approach

Sessions are collaborative and straightforward. Michele listens, asks practical questions and helps people try small changes between meetings. She offers a calm space to talk through feelings such as shame, guilt, loneliness or anger.

Michele often helps with problems that follow separation, abandonment or attachment wounds. She also supports people dealing with body image, caregiver stress, communication breakdowns and midlife shifts. Trauma related concerns and post-traumatic stress are within her focus too.

Her approach is grounded in evidence-based therapeutic techniques that are adapted to each person. Michele aims to help people find clearer ways to cope, repair relationships where possible, and rebuild a sense of purpose. She encourages realistic steps and practical tools alongside emotional processing.

Practical approaches online and how they help

Many people benefit from a mix of evidence-based approaches that address feelings, behaviour and relationships. One common approach focuses on understanding attachment and patterns in close relationships. It helps people see how past losses or abandonment shape current trust and intimacy, and supports steps to change those patterns.

A second useful approach targets coping with trauma and its effects. This involves gentle processing of distressing memories and learning skills to reduce overwhelming reactions, which can help with post-traumatic stress and related symptoms.

Finding the best approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and the problems that matter most, then choose or adapt techniques together. This collaborative process means plans can change as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation when clearer non-verbal connection helps. Phone calls need less bandwidth and can fit into a busy day. Live chat or messaging can suit shorter check-ins and moments when writing feels easier. These options make it simpler to book sessions around work, family and travel commitments and to try different formats until one fits.

What concerns does Michele commonly help with?

Michele works with people facing relationship strains, family conflict, trauma and intimacy-related issues. She also supports those coping with life changes and mood difficulties.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is collaborative and down to earth. She listens closely, highlights existing strengths and suggests practical steps to try between sessions.

What experience does she bring?

She has eight years of professional experience in the UK, working with a range of relational and trauma-related concerns.

What credentials and location are listed?

Michele is registered with the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and practises in the United Kingdom.

Which languages are offered and can international clients join?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

In what formats are sessions available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.

How are sessions priced?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

What are the first steps to begin working together?

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Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

Most often

Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse

Also listed

Experience: 8 years
Registered with: BACP
Languages: English

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Michele Mckillop, BACP

Background and approach

Practical approaches online and how they help

Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

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