Michelle Robinson-Hayes
Supportive counsellor for stress and change
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About Michelle
Michelle Robinson-Hayes helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression and relationship issues. She supports those dealing with grief, low self-esteem, addiction concerns and issues around intimacy. She also works with career stress, compassion fatigue, ADHD and major life changes.
Michelle is BACP credentialed and has around ten years of therapeutic experience. Michelle explains things plainly and listens first. She draws on counselling, hypnotherapy and coaching in a way that people can understand.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical steps, clearer thinking and building small, doable changes that fit everyday life. Her background includes decades of senior management in corporate settings and running a local counselling and hypnotherapy service called The Listening Tree. That mix means she is comfortable supporting people with work-related pressures, performance worries and the practical fallout of stress.
Michelle has taught and supervised trainee counsellors and hypnotherapists up to level 5. She also provided volunteer bereavement work, completing over 150 hours with a bereavement charity. Her practice includes mentoring students and supporting people through study-related difficulties.
She uses a range of approaches such as client-centred counselling, cognitive behavioural techniques, hypnotherapy and mindfulness. Sessions aim to help people notice what gets in the way, try new responses and build routines that reduce stress.
Michelle has worked with people affected by adoption and foster care, attachment and ageing issues, chronic illness and pain, body image and eating concerns, and divorce or separation. She accepts international clients and offers services in English.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 10
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 376695
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Hypnotherapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Michelle's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Michelle works with
Everything Michelle lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Michelle lists
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Michelle works online
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It uses structured conversations and short practical exercises to test unhelpful thoughts and build different habits, which can reduce anxiety and improve day-to-day coping.
Hypnotherapy is used here as a tool to access focused attention and promote relaxation. It can be helpful for issues such as stress, sleep difficulties and some habit-related problems when combined with conversational work.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and tailor methods to a person's needs, goals and preferences. That choice is made together so people can try approaches that feel manageable and relevant.
If you are considering online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking. The platform notes that formats should be checked with the therapist. Online sessions can fit into busy schedules, reduce travel time and make it easier to have shorter check-ins or evening appointments when needed.
Questions and answers
What issues does Michelle help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, self-esteem and relationship concerns, among other areas listed in her profile.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is straightforward and client-centred, focusing on listening, practical steps and building manageable routines to reduce distress.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has around ten years of counselling experience and a long background in senior corporate management and running a local counselling service.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is BACP credentialed and works from the United Kingdom.
Can sessions be held in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
Yes, she accepts international clients.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin the process?
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