Michelle Robinson-Hayes, BACP
10 years in practice
Michelle Robinson-Hayes is a psychotherapeutic counsellor and hypnotherapist with ten years of direct practice.
License and registration
- BACP
- 376695 · expires November 2026
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
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About Michelle
Michelle Robinson-Hayes is a psychotherapeutic counsellor and hypnotherapist with ten years of direct practice. She is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and runs a small practice called The Listening Tree. Michelle listens carefully and helps people set realistic goals they can work on between sessions.
She uses conversational, down-to-earth language during sessions. Michelle combines hypnotherapy with talking therapies to address stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and relationship strain.
Background and approach
She also helps people facing grief, addiction, sleep and eating difficulties, and the practical fallout of life changes. Michelle brings a background in senior management and training to her therapeutic work. That experience helps her structure sessions, set achievable objectives and offer clear tools for change.
She has delivered workplace training, led teams and supported people returning to study. Her work includes supervision and mentoring for other counsellors and trainee hypnotherapists. She has volunteered with bereavement services and completed substantial placement hours in grief support.
Michelle has provided counselling via phone and video in employee assistance programmes and helplines. Clients can expect a mix of client-centred listening, practical exercises from cognitive behavioural therapy and guided hypnotherapy when appropriate. Sessions are aimed at helping people recognise patterns, try new coping strategies and move towards their goals at a manageable pace.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Michelle lists on their public professional profile, 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 counseling
- 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 names
- Hypnotherapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How her approaches work online
Client-centred therapy puts the person at the heart of the process. The therapist listens without judgement and helps people identify what matters most to them. This approach supports work on self-esteem, relationships and everyday stress.Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing different behaviours. It often uses simple exercises and homework to change how someone thinks and acts, which can help with anxiety, depression and sleep problems.
Hypnotherapy uses guided relaxation and focused attention to access changes in perception and motivation. It can be used alongside talking therapy for issues like stress, habits, sleep and pain management.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapy itself. The therapist works collaboratively to choose methods that match a person's needs and goals. That might mean trying different techniques and adapting them as work progresses.
Online formats make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual feedback. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for a simple check-in. Live chat and text messaging suit shorter updates, journalling between sessions or for people who prefer written communication. Together these options offer more flexibility and can help maintain steady progress.
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Questions people ask
What issues can Michelle help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, grief, self-esteem and a wide range of other concerns listed on her profile.
What style of therapy does she use?
Her approach is conversational and client-centred. She blends guided hypnotherapy, cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness where helpful.
What is her professional background?
Michelle has ten years of counselling experience and a long career in senior management and training roles that inform her practical, goal-focused way of working.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practises in the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she also accepts clients from outside the UK.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions charged?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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