Michelle Lumley, BACP

Michelle Lumley is a registered BACP counsellor with three years of clinical experience, offering an integrative, humanistic approach that adapts to each person's needs. She works sensitively with adults on issues such as anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, bereavement, self-harm, relationship and parenting difficulties, ADHD, low self-esteem, grief, eating and sleeping concerns, anger, career stress, and coping with life changes. BACP indicates membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, a professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists.

She maintains professional liability insurance and regularly participates in continuing professional development to keep her practice current. Michelle emphasises building a trusted therapeutic relationship through attentive listening and curious, nonjudgmental questioning, creating a space where clients can explore feelings that may feel unclear or difficult to name. As an integrative practitioner she draws on a range of therapeutic methods and tailors interventions to fit each person rather than applying a one-size-fits-all model.

Michelle offers both online and face-to-face sessions and works with adults aged 18 and over. She provides flexible scheduling to accommodate shift work and can support both short-term and longer-term work depending on the client’s goals. Creative methods such as art materials and reflective writing may be used to open different ways of expressing experience and promoting insight.

Throughout the course of therapy she and the client review progress regularly to ensure the approach remains helpful and aligned with agreed goals. She aims to respect each person’s views and to work collaboratively without directing what they should feel, think, or do.