Michelle Borlesi

Michelle Borlesi is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with five years of professional experience. She describes therapy as a collaborative process and aims to support people taking the first steps towards change. Michelle works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and grief, and she encourages clients to build on their existing strengths.

Her background includes work with issues such as low self-esteem, depression, addictions and relationship or intimacy-related problems. She also helps with parenting and career challenges, compassion fatigue, ADHD and longer-term concerns like bipolar struggles. Michelle lists additional focus areas including abandonment, attachment difficulties, codependency and communication problems.

Michelle uses a mix of approaches to suit different people. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help clients clarify values and take meaningful actions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify and change unhelpful thinking patterns. Client-Centred Therapy provides a supportive space where the person's perspective guides the work.

Her style is practical and respectful. She emphasises simple steps clients can try between sessions and aims to make sessions feel manageable. The therapist invites people to talk through what matters most and to set clear goals for their life and relationships.

People considering therapy are encouraged to reflect on what they want to change and how they want to feel. Michelle supports that process by helping clients notice strengths, practise new skills and adapt plans as challenges arise.

How Michelle’s approaches translate to online counselling

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what matters most to them and take small steps in that direction, even when feelings are difficult. It is often useful for anxiety, stress and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments, which can help with depression, anxiety and low self-esteem. Client-Centred Therapy gives space for the person’s own perspective to guide the work and supports building trust and self-understanding.

Finding the best approach is a shared task. Michelle will discuss your goals and preferences and suggest which methods might suit your situation. Together you can try different techniques and adjust the plan so it fits your needs and pace.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm the available options before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a break, or offering a quieter environment when needed. Registered and accredited professionals can adapt exercises, worksheets and behavioural tasks to work in remote sessions so progress continues between meetings.