Michelle Banfield-Curran

Michelle Banfield-Curran is a UK counsellor registered with BACP and NCPS with three years of professional experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, and low self-esteem. Michelle also supports individuals dealing with attachment and abandonment issues, body image concerns, and the stresses of caregiving and cancer. Her approach is practical and conversational. Sessions focus on identifying repeating patterns and understanding how past experiences shape present feelings. She uses client-centred methods to listen without judgement and to help people find what matters to them next. Jungian and narrative ideas are sometimes woven into conversations to help make meaning of difficult experiences. Michelle offers mindfulness-based tools to manage overwhelming feelings and reduce day-to-day anxiety. She helps people practise short, manageable exercises to calm the nervous system and notice unhelpful thoughts. Attachment-based perspectives inform work on relationship patterns and commitment or control issues. People sometimes come to talk through divorce, separation, domestic violence, codependency, or blended family tensions. Michelle also supports those coping with grief, fatherhood issues, forgiveness and feelings of emptiness. The emphasis is on steady, clear steps rather than quick fixes. To start, a client completes a short matching questionnaire and books a first session. Fees vary by location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. Sessions are delivered in English and Michelle does not accept international clients at this time.

How her approaches translate to online sessions

Attachment-based work pays attention to the way early bonds shape current relationships. In online conversations this helps pinpoint patterns that affect trust, commitment and control issues. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening, reflection and the client’s own priorities; it supports people to set the pace and topics of sessions. Mindfulness therapy adds practical exercises to manage anxiety and overwhelm, such as short breathing or grounding practices usable between meetings.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to decide which methods suit a person’s goals and preferences. That may mean trying mindful exercises alongside narrative reflection, then adjusting the focus as needed.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, for example by removing commute time or allowing shorter check-ins when days are tight. It also makes it simpler to continue work after a major life change, keeping the therapeutic thread in place while practical routines are reorganised.