Counsellor profile
Michelle Allard, BACP
BACP counsellor - family and parenting focus
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- Attachment-based work
- Client-centred approach
- CBT techniques
About Michelle
Michelle Allard is a BACP-registered counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with four years' experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger and addiction. She also supports clients with relationship strain, intimacy-related concerns, parenting pressures and family problems.
Michelle uses a mix of approaches rather than one fixed method. She pays attention to how past experiences shape current feelings and relationships. Sessions focus on understanding patterns that keep repeating and finding practical steps to change them.
Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She listens and helps people recognise their own strengths. That might look like learning new ways to manage worries, testing small changes in behaviour, or working through painful losses.
Michelle draws on attachment-based ideas to look at relationship patterns and on client-centred work to respect a person's pace. She also uses cognitive behavioural techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and develop coping skills. These tools are used together to suit what a person wants to work on.
She accepts international clients and runs sessions from the UK. Costs vary with location and use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule their first session through the online booking route.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape the ways people connect now. It helps when worries show up in close relationships and when someone keeps repeating patterns with partners or family. Client-centred therapy means the counsellor listens and follows the client’s pace, focusing on what matters most to that person and supporting them to make choices. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, offering practical exercises and coping strategies for anxiety, low mood or stress.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. The counsellor will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful. Decisions about which techniques to use are made collaboratively and can change as progress is made.
The practical benefits of working online include fitting sessions around home or work life and making it easier to keep appointments from different locations. The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the current options before booking. In general, online sessions can make short check-ins, regular weekly work or paced longer-term support easier to arrange. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises and between-session tasks so they work in a remote setting while focusing on what the client wants to change.
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Experience
4+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of family or parenting issues does she address?
She helps people with parenting pressures, blended family issues and wider family problems listed in her specialties.
How does she approach relationship difficulties?
She uses attachment-based ideas to look at repeating relationship patterns and helps people try different ways of relating.
What experience does she bring?
She has four years' experience working as a counsellor in the United Kingdom.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practices in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Yes. She accepts international clients and can work with people who are based outside the United Kingdom.
What session formats are offered?
Session formats are not specified in the biography; please confirm current options before booking.
How are costs structured?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.