About Michele
Michele Junges-Stainthorpe offers calm, practical support for adults who are feeling overwhelmed. She helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, low mood, relationship strain or parenting pressures. Michele also works with issues such as trauma, grief, ADHD and sleep problems.
She welcomes clients who prefer to talk in English or French. Michele adapts her style to each person she meets. Sessions focus on understanding what is causing distress and finding ways to manage it day to day.
How Michele works
She uses talking, practical exercises and sometimes guided relaxation to help people make changes. Her approach draws on several well-known methods, including client-centred work that follows the person's lead and cognitive behavioural tools to test unhelpful thoughts. Michele also uses elements of dialectical behaviour therapy to help with emotional regulation, and psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns that repeat over time.
She has spent 21 years working across schools, voluntary organisations, personal companies and in independent practice. Michele holds a BA in Counselling from Glasgow Caledonian University and a Professional Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (BTEC 5) from South Tyneside College. She also has a BA (Hons) in French, Russian and Politics.
Michele is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, which she lists as BACP. Her background as a teacher and school counsellor informs her practical, down-to-earth way of working. Sessions are aimed at helping people build tools they can use after therapy ends.
Michele lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Michele works with
The areas below are the ones Michele selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 21 |
| Languages | English, French |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Talking therapies and how they work online
Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and following the person's concerns. The therapist offers empathy and reflection so the client can explore thoughts and feelings at their own pace; this approach suits people wanting a calm space to be heard.Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) helps people identify unhelpful thought patterns and test new behaviours. It often includes practical exercises and homework to build skills for managing anxiety, low mood, sleep problems and stress.
Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) provides tools for managing strong emotions and improving communication. It teaches skills for regulating feelings, tolerating distress and improving relationships.
Choosing the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will discuss your needs, goals and preferences and suggest ways of working that fit. That choice can change as you progress and is reviewed together.
Online sessions make those approaches accessible through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. Video mirrors an in-person conversation, phone can be easier when video is not suitable, live chat allows shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options give flexibility to fit therapy into work, family life or travel.
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