Dr. Michaelagh Walker

• Client-Centred Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Women's issues

About Michaelagh

Dr Michaelagh Walker helps people with relationship problems, grief, low self-esteem, depression and coping with life changes using person-centred and cognitive behavioural methods. She is a BACP counsellor and has six years of experience working in private practice in the United Kingdom.

She trained in the UK and has worked in both private practice and with the Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust. Over six years she has seen a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, career challenges, motivation difficulties and problems with confidence.

Her sessions focus on clear, practical conversation about what is troubling the person. She uses client-centred work to make space for a person’s concerns, and cognitive behavioural techniques to identify patterns of thinking and behaviour that contribute to distress. She explains options and helps people try small, manageable changes between sessions.

Michaelagh also works with issues that often show up later in life, such as ageing and geriatric concerns, and with mood disorders, phobias and feelings of emptiness or isolation. She is familiar with difficulties linked to codependency, dependent and antisocial personality features, guilt and shame, and self-harm thoughts.

People seeking help for women’s issues or young adult concerns will find these areas are within her focus. She aims to be direct and respectful in sessions and to help people make practical steps towards clearer thinking and improved everyday coping.

To begin, a person chooses the Talk to a counsellor online button, completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules a first session. The cost varies with location and sessions run on a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How her counselling approaches work for online sessions

Client-Centred Therapy places the person’s experience at the heart of sessions. The counsellor listens without directing and helps the person clarify what matters to them, which can be useful for relationship, grief and self-esteem concerns.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It involves identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying small experiments or tasks between appointments to change those patterns, which can help with low mood, anxiety and coping with life changes.

Choosing an approach is collaborative. The counsellor will talk about what feels workable and will combine client-centred and CBT ideas as needed. Together they will agree which techniques to try based on the person’s goals and preferences.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm the available session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling around daily life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins if needed. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt tools and exercises for remote sessions so they remain practical and focused on everyday problems.

Topics Michaelagh lists

• Relationship issues
• Grief
• Self-esteem
• Depression
• Coping with life changes
• Aging and geriatric issues
• Antisocial personality
• Codependency
• Dependent personality
• Emptiness
• Guilt and shame
• Isolation and loneliness
• Life purpose
• Midlife crisis
• Mood disorders
• Phobias
• Self-harm
• Women's issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Client-Centred Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Questions about Michaelagh

Does she work with relationship problems?

Yes. Relationship concerns are listed among the main areas she helps people with.

What kind of counselling style is used?

She uses client-centred approaches alongside cognitive behavioural therapy to combine conversational support with practical exercises.

What experience does she have?

She has six years of experience working in private practice and has worked with the Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust.

Is she registered with a professional body in the UK?

She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, listed as BACP.

Can I have sessions in other languages?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the UK work with her?

International clients are not currently accepted.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location and sessions operate via a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I start a first session?

Use the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule your first session.