Michaela Probert

• Stress and anxiety
• Attachment-based work
• CBT and ACT techniques

About Michaela

Michaela Probert helps people who are feeling low, overwhelmed or who have a specific problem they want to work on. She offers time to talk things through and will listen without advising, while supporting people to try new ways of managing difficulties. Michaela is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has five years' experience in practice.

Michaela works from an integrative stance. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment ideas, client-centred listening, cognitive behavioural techniques and Jungian perspectives. In sessions she uses talking, reflection and practical strategies to help clients notice patterns and try small changes.

Common concerns she helps people with include stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting and family matters, grief, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, anger and sleep problems. She also supports people with career and life transition issues, LGBT matters and some neurodiversity-related themes such as autism and attention differences.

Michaela pays attention to how early relationships and attachment can affect current behaviour and feelings, and she works with those themes alongside present-day coping skills. Sessions combine listening with straightforward techniques from cognitive behaviour work and mindfulness-informed practice.

People can expect a calm, conversational approach that keeps to practical goals. Sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time and costs vary with location. Sessions are run in English and international clients are not currently accepted.

How therapy approaches fit with remote counselling

Many of Michaela's approaches focus on thoughts, values and relationships. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and choose actions that matter to them rather than trying to push thoughts away. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and uses practical steps to change unhelpful patterns. Attachment-Based Therapy considers how early relationship patterns influence current reactions and helps people recognise and alter those patterns.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The counsellor will discuss your concerns, goals and preferences and then suggest which methods to try. Decisions are made collaboratively and may change as the work progresses.

Confirm available session formats before booking, as specific formats are not stated here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Some formats also mean you do not need to be on camera and require less bandwidth. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists routinely offer remote sessions to help clients continue work across life changes.

Topics Michaela lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Relationship issues
• Family conflicts
• Anger management
• Self-esteem
• LGBT
• Trauma and abuse
• Grief
• Intimacy-related issues
• Sleeping disorders
• Parenting issues
• Career difficulties
• Depression
• Coping with life changes
• ADHD
• Abandonment
• Adoption and foster care
• Antisocial personality
• Attachment issues
• Autism and Asperger Syndrome
• Avoidant personality
• Blended family issues
• Body image
• Caregiver issues and stress
• Codependency
• Commitment issues
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
• Dependent personality
• Divorce and separation
• Domestic violence
• Emptiness
• Family of origin issues
• Family problems
• Fatherhood issues
• First responder issues
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• Immigration issues
• Infidelity
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Men's issues
• Mood disorders
• Multicultural concerns
• Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Paranoia
• Personality disorders
• Phobias
• Polyamory and non-monogamous relationships
• Post-traumatic stress
• Pregnancy and childbirth
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Sexual assault and abuse
• Sexuality
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Attachment-Based Therapy
• Client-Centred Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Jungian Therapy
• Mindfulness Therapy
• Psychodynamic Therapy
• Solution-Focused Therapy
• Trauma-Focused Therapy
• Internal Family Systems

Questions about Michaela

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. Anxiety and stress are listed among the main concerns she helps people with.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She practises an integrative approach drawing on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based ideas, client-centred work, cognitive behavioural techniques and Jungian therapy.

What experience does she have?

She has five years' experience as a counsellor.

Is she a registered counsellor in the UK?

She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

Can I have sessions in another language?

Sessions are offered in English.

Does she work with international clients?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I start sessions?

Select the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.