Michelle Robinson-Hayes, BACP
Michelle Robinson-Hayes supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief and relationship concerns.
- Stress & Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
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About Michelle
Michelle Robinson-Hayes supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief and relationship concerns. She also helps with self-esteem, addictions, trauma and intimacy-related issues, as well as sleep, eating and parenting challenges. Michelle uses straightforward conversation to help people find ways forward.
Michelle trained as a counsellor and holds BACP credential, which denotes registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She has around ten years of counselling experience and has delivered more than a thousand hours of therapeutic work alongside hundreds of hypnotherapy sessions.
Background and approach
Before specialising in counselling she spent many years in senior management roles in corporate settings. That background shaped her coaching and training skills and means she is used to helping people set practical goals and plans. She has run her own counselling and hypnotherapy practice called The Listening Tree for over eight years.
Her approach blends client-centred listening with practical techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness. She also offers hypnotherapy and uses motivational interviewing where it fits the person's aims. Sessions aim to be collaborative and focused on achievable steps.
Michelle has experience supporting people through bereavement, career stress, compassion fatigue, ADHD, attachment and adoption-related issues, and long-term health concerns. She has taught and supervised other counsellors and hypnotherapists, and has worked with employee assistance helplines and telephone and video counselling services. People meet her for one-to-one work that combines talking, skill-building and optional hypnotherapy.
She accepts international clients and runs sessions by video, phone, live chat or text messaging, helping people fit support around busy lives.
Registration
| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 376695 | November 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 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.
Online support
She also offers hypnotherapy as an option for people who find guided relaxation and focused suggestion helpful for issues like stress, sleep, cravings or confidence. Hypnotherapy is presented as a complementary tool alongside talking therapies, used when a person wishes to include it in their plan.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and suggest methods that fit. Together they review what helps and adjust the plan as needed so the sessions feel useful and relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging to suit different needs. Video is useful for face-to-face discussion and non-verbal cues, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can be handy for shorter check-ins or fitting therapy around a busy day. These options make it easier to access regular support from registered or accredited professionals and to keep progress moving between in-person commitments.
Frequently asked
What concerns does she help with?
Michelle supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief and relationship issues, plus a broad range of other concerns such as addictions, trauma, sleep and eating difficulties.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth, combining empathetic listening with practical problem solving and goal-setting to help people make changes.
What is her professional background?
She has around ten years of counselling experience, has run her own practice for over eight years, and has a long history in senior management, coaching and training.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is BACP registered with practice based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are offered and can she work internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to therapist availability.
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