Michelle Fear

Michelle Fear is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom. She holds BACP registration and has three years of professional experience. Michelle focuses on creating a respectful, sensitive space where people can start to change what isn't working in their lives.

She commonly helps people who are struggling with stress and anxiety. She also supports those dealing with trauma and abuse, grief and loss, and concerns around self-esteem. There is experience helping people with family conflict and issues connected to identity and relationships, including LGBT concerns.

Michelle adapts conversations and plans to each person she meets. Sessions are shaped around what someone needs right now rather than following a fixed script. She emphasises practical support alongside exploring underlying patterns that keep problems repeating.

Her ways of working draw on attachment-based thinking and client-centred principles. She also uses psychodynamic and trauma-focused ideas when they suit the situation. These approaches are used to understand relational patterns, painful memories, and how past experiences affect present feelings.

People come for help with issues such as abandonment or attachment worries, commitment or control difficulties, dissociation, and the fallout from separation or domestic violence. Michelle aims to help people feel heard, make sense of their experiences, and find clearer steps forward.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-based work focuses on relationships and patterns formed in close connections. Online sessions can explore how those early bonds influence current emotions and reactions, helping people notice and change recurring relational habits.

Client-centred practice places the person's experience at the heart of the conversation. In this way the counsellor follows what matters most to the client, listens without judgement, and helps clarify goals and next steps.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, preferences and aims, and together they decide which methods feel most helpful. This is a collaborative conversation that can change as trust and insight grow.

The practical benefits of online therapy often include fitting sessions into a busy week and reducing travel time. Online work can make it easier to schedule a short check-in during a lunch break or to attend from another location when that helps maintain continuity. Please confirm the exact session formats offered before booking so you know what will be arranged.