Michelle Corrigan , BACP

Michelle Corrigan is an integrative counsellor who works from a person-centred, humanistic foundation and focuses on what brings a person to the present moment. She describes a warm, interactive style that attends to both outward circumstances and inner experience, helping identify what is blocking growth and how practical change might be implemented. Dialogue in sessions is primarily verbal and may at times include working with energy as part of a broader therapeutic exploration.

Her practice blends roots in person-centred theory with influences from Gestalt practice, and she incorporates creative elements drawn from experience in yoga and shamanism. This integrative orientation allows sessions to adapt to each individual, meeting clients where they are and treating each person as unique. Michelle pays attention to how emotional distress can affect mind, feelings, and the body, and she helps explore both external sources of stress and internal patterns that contribute to suffering.

She identifies as an integrative practitioner who aims to hold space, support exploration, and empower clients as they consider change. Michelle is a member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP), the professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK.

Attachment and Person-Centred Approaches for Online Support

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape patterns of connection and trust. It helps people understand attachment styles and how those patterns influence current relationships, emotional responses, and responses to stress, making it useful for relationship difficulties, abandonment concerns, and attachment issues.

Client-Centred Therapy emphasizes a nonjudgmental, empathetic therapeutic relationship in which the therapist provides acceptance and understanding while the client explores their own experience. This approach supports self-exploration, confidence building, and coping with life changes by prioritizing the client’s pace and perspective.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers practical, skills-focused work to identify and adjust unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT can be especially helpful for managing anxiety, stress, low mood, and patterns that interfere with daily functioning.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and is explored collaboratively. The therapist works with each person to identify which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, and may integrate elements from different models as appropriate.

Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility and accessibility, making it easier to fit sessions into busy lives and to maintain continuity of care from different settings. These options allow therapists and clients to work together in ways that suit the client’s schedule and communication style.