- Blended household challenges
- CBT and ACT ideas
- Attachment perspectives
About Michaela
Michaela Probert is a BACP counsellor in the United Kingdom with five years' experience. She works with people who feel low, overwhelmed or stuck, and with specific problems such as stress, anxiety, depression and relationship concerns. She also lists blended family issues among her focus areas and supports people facing parenting and intimacy-related challenges.
Michaela takes a practical, conversational approach. Sessions start with what feels most pressing. She asks questions, listens, and helps people notice patterns that keep problems going. She offers exercises and techniques that can be practised between meetings to manage symptoms and build new habits.
Her background is integrative, which means she draws on a mix of approaches rather than following one fixed model. That includes cognitive behavioural ideas for addressing unhelpful thinking, attachment-based thinking about relationships, and acceptance and commitment ideas about values and action. Jungian and client-centred perspectives also inform how she explores meaning and personal experience.
People often bring issues such as grief, trauma, LGBT concerns, ADHD, sleep problems, career stress and self-esteem difficulties. Michaela pays attention to how early relationships and attachment patterns can shape current reactions. She uses straightforward exercises to help people try alternative responses in everyday life.
Sessions are described plainly and without jargon. The focus is on clear next steps, short-term techniques and longer-term reflection. To begin, she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and to schedule an initial session via the site.
How her approaches translate to online counselling
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages noticing thoughts and choosing actions that match personal values. It can help when someone feels stuck or avoids parts of life that matter to them. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on simple experiments and practical tools to change unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns. That approach often suits problems such as anxiety, low mood and sleep difficulties.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Michaela will discuss what feels most useful and adjust methods as needs, goals and preferences become clearer. The decision about which techniques to try is collaborative and reviewed over time.
The practical benefits of working online should be checked before booking since session formats are not listed here. Confirm the current session options when you match and schedule. Online sessions can help fit counselling into a busy life by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins and making it easier to attend from different locations. They also make it simpler to keep therapy consistent during work or family changes, while allowing the therapist to recommend at-home exercises and direct ways to practise new skills between meetings.
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Experience
5+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she work with?
Michaela works with stress, anxiety, depression and relationship issues. She also lists blended family issues, parenting and intimacy-related concerns among her focus areas.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses an integrative, conversational style. That means she listens, asks questions and offers practical exercises from different approaches.
How much experience does she have?
She has five years' experience as a counsellor working in the United Kingdom.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Can she work with international clients?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions charged?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule your first session through the booking steps.
Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.