Michele Attias, BACP | Therapist in United Kingdom

Integrative person-centred approach
BACP counsellor
Works in English and Spanish

About Michele

Michele Attias is a BACP counsellor who helps people feeling stuck by listening and guiding them in English or Spanish. She aims to make clients feel understood and supported while they work through stressful or painful life moments.

Michele uses a broad, integrative approach that looks at practical daily needs as well as emotional and social ones. Sessions can be shaped for a short course of work or for longer-term support, depending on what each person needs. She combines different techniques to suit the person in front of her rather than relying on a single method.

Clients often come for help with things like stress, anxiety, grief and low mood. Michele also supports people facing career challenges, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting strain, and concerns around codependency and attachment. She offers help for people dealing with trauma, addictions, or changes such as divorce.

In sessions she focuses on helping people make clearer decisions and take practical steps without the overwhelm. That can mean working on time management, concentration and energy levels so daily life feels more manageable. Michele aims for straightforward, useful conversations that lead to small changes people can actually use.

She has twenty years' experience and combines that background with a coaching mindset. If someone is unsure where to begin, Michele helps them map a first step and decide on the kind of pace and focus that will work best.

Therapeutic approaches that suit online work

Michele draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy and a client-centred way of working. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without letting them drive behaviour, which can help with anxiety, stress and overthinking. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and can help with codependency, commitment concerns and communication problems. Client-Centred Therapy prioritises the person’s experience, offering an empathic space where choices and goals are explored at the client’s pace.

Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Michele will talk with each person about their goals, needs and preferences and suggest ways of working that fit. Together they decide whether to try shorter focused work or a longer, more exploratory process and adjust the approach as things change.

Session formats are not specified in the original biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow sessions from a quiet place that suits the client. It can also make some practical tools easier to use between sessions, such as worksheets, short coaching tasks and follow-up plans that support steady progress.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, Anxiety Trauma and abuse Grief Depression Coping with life changes

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stress Codependency Commitment issues Communication problems Control issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separation Domestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSHoardingImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelity Isolation / loneliness JealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyImago Relationship TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family SystemsSystemic Therapy

Experience

20+ years

Credentials

Listed on profile

Languages

English, Spanish

Frequently asked questions

What issues does Michele commonly help with?

Michele works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addictions, codependency, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and career or parenting stresses.

What is her general therapy style?

She takes an integrative, client-centred approach that mixes practical coaching with therapeutic techniques to suit each person’s needs and goals.

What experience does she bring?

She has twenty years of experience combining counselling and life coaching to help people make clearer decisions and reduce overwhelm.

What credentials and where does she practise?

She is BACP registered and works from the United Kingdom.

Which languages are supported in sessions?

Sessions are offered in both English and Spanish.

Can people outside the UK work with her?

She accepts international clients.

How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist’s availability.

Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.