Michele Junges-Stainthorpe, BACP
Michele Junges-Stainthorpe welcomes adults who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, or changes in mood.
- Stress & Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and Abuse
- +13 more
About Michele
Michele Junges-Stainthorpe welcomes adults who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, or changes in mood. She is Michele Junges-Stainthorpe and she speaks English and French. She has 21 years of experience and is a BACP member, which connects to her professional training and practice.
Michele adapts her way of working to each person. Sessions focus on making sense of what has happened and finding practical ways to cope.
Background and approach
She draws on approaches that include client-centred work, cognitive behavioural methods, dialectical behaviour ideas, hypnotherapy, and psychodynamic thinking to suit different needs. Her background includes roles in schools, independent practice and voluntary organisations. This mix means she is used to short-term goals and longer, deeper work.
Michele uses experience from teaching and school counselling to support people navigating life changes and parenting pressures. In sessions she helps people identify unhelpful patterns, try out new ways of relating, and build clearer daily routines. Practical steps, calm breathing and talking through painful memories are common elements of her work.
She aims for straightforward, compassionate conversation that leads to real changes. Michele accepts international clients and offers help for issues such as trauma and abuse, ADHD, intimacy and relationship problems, anger, sleep difficulties, career stress, bipolar and depression. She also supports people facing adoption and foster care concerns, attachment and codependency problems, and the effects of domestic violence and separation.
Registration
| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 176457 | June 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
What Michele works with
Everything Michele lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- ADHD
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- 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
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Michele lists
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Hypnotherapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Online support
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers tools to change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, sleep problems, low mood and stress because it gives practical steps to try between sessions.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, or DBT, teaches skills for managing strong emotions and improving communication. It can help with anger, relationship difficulties and intense mood swings by giving clear strategies to practise.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss your goals, preferences and current difficulties, then suggest a way forward. This is a collaborative process and plans can change as your needs evolve.
Online therapy makes sessions easier to fit into life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited, and text or live chat can suit short check-ins or when writing feels easier. These options let people link with registered or accredited professionals from different locations and schedule sessions around work, family or travel commitments.
Frequently asked
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar and relationship and intimacy issues, plus trauma, grief and parenting concerns.
What is her style of therapy like?
Her style is adaptable and practical, using client-centred conversation alongside CBT and DBT ideas to help people try new ways of coping.
How long has she been practising?
She has 21 years of experience in counselling and related roles in schools, voluntary work and independent practice.
Where is she based and what professional registration does she hold?
She practises from the United Kingdom and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
Which languages can sessions be held in?
Sessions are offered in English and French, and she is open to working with international clients.
How are sessions delivered online?
Sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging depending on what suits the person best.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I need to do to start therapy?
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