Michele Stow, ACA

Michele Stow is an ACA counsellor who focuses on practical, person-centred support. She uses a strengths-based approach to help people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and life changes. Michele keeps sessions straightforward and practical so parents and carers can use strategies quickly.

Michele brings five years of experience and adapts her work to each person. She integrates nervous system regulation techniques and mindfulness alongside Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT). Sessions include hands-on tools people can try between appointments.

Her work often centres on building coping skills for burnout, emotional regulation and ADHD-related challenges. Michele also helps with workplace stress, phobias, life purpose questions and self-love. She aims to make therapy feel relevant to everyday life.

Michele has experience supporting people with ageing and geriatric concerns, autism and Asperger syndrome, caregiver stress, chronic illness and disability, and intellectual disability. She also works with young adult issues and women’s issues in ways that connect to the person’s goals.

Every session is tailored to what the person needs that day. Michele offers a calm, practical space to practise new skills and build resilience. She guides people step by step so the changes can last beyond therapy.

How Michele’s approaches can work online

Michele commonly uses person-centred work and mindfulness alongside nervous system regulation techniques. Person-centred work focuses on listening and building from the person’s strengths, which helps when sorting priorities and deciding small first steps. Mindfulness teaches simple attention and breathing practices that can reduce anxiety and help with emotional regulation.

She also uses Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), a tapping-based approach that many people find useful for managing stress and strong emotions. EFT sessions involve gently tapping on key points while noticing thoughts and sensations to ease intensity in the moment.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Michele collaborates with each person to choose or adapt techniques that match their needs, goals and preferences rather than using a fixed programme. She adjusts pace and tools as therapy progresses so methods remain practical and usable.

If you are considering online work, please confirm available session formats before booking. The main practical benefits of online therapy are that sessions can fit around busy days, reduce travel time, and make it easier to continue work consistently. Online contact can also allow shorter check-ins when time is tight or audio-only sessions when bandwidth is limited. Michele will discuss what will suit you and how to make sessions work with your routine.