Michelle Copley, BACP
12 years in practice
Michelle Copley is a BACP counsellor with 12 years of experience.
License and registration
- BACP
- 398804 · expires May 2026
- Years in practice
- 12
- Languages
- English
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About Michelle
Michelle Copley is a BACP counsellor with 12 years of experience. She offers a calm, conversational approach and aims to make beginning therapy as straightforward as possible. Michelle works with stress, anxiety, depression and other common struggles, and focuses on helping people feel understood and respected.
She draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside client-centred and cognitive behavioural approaches to suit each person. Sessions are guided by what the client says and how they feel, and Michelle uses those observations to plan practical next steps.
Background and approach
The aim is to help people notice patterns, gain new perspectives and try different ways of coping. Her style is collaborative and psycho-educational. Conversations are kept natural and practical, with time spent explaining helpful ideas and strategies you can use outside sessions.
Michelle combines listening with clear tools so people leave sessions feeling more able to manage daily challenges. Michelle also draws on dialectical behaviour therapy and existential ideas where helpful, tailoring methods to the issue at hand. She has worked with trauma, grief, addictions, parenting stress, relationship concerns, sleep problems, low self-esteem and work-related pressures.
All work is delivered online in the United Kingdom. Michelle guides each person through a plan based on their goals and preferences, and encourages small, achievable steps that build over time.
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 counseling
- 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
Approaches Michelle names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- 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 therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches work online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on feelings and attachment patterns to help people understand emotional responses and strengthen close connections. It can be useful when strong emotions or relationship wounds are central to the problem.Client-Centred Therapy puts the person at the heart of the conversation, with the counsellor offering warm, non-judgemental listening and reflection to help someone find their own solutions. This approach suits people who want a supportive space to talk things through.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, low mood and sleep difficulties because it offers concrete skills to try between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michelle will talk with each person about their goals, experiences and preferences and then recommend methods to try together. That collaborative process means approaches can be adapted as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls give visual connection for deeper conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows shorter check-ins and text messaging supports regular reflections between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare and travel without adding journey time.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Michelle help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression and relationship worries, along with grief, trauma, addictions and parenting strain.
What is Michelle's therapy style like?
Her style is collaborative and conversational, combining listening with practical tools and education to help people apply new coping strategies.
How much experience does she have?
Michelle has 12 years of counselling experience working with a wide range of concerns including trauma, self-harm, addiction and mood disorders.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and provides online services from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted; she provides services within the United Kingdom.
What session formats are offered?
Therapy is available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
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