Michelle Higgins
Counselling & Psychotherapy
I provide a compassionate, personalised, professional counselling and psychotherapy service for adults, children, and young people. I help people come to terms with difficult life experiences and make sense of powerful thoughts and feelings, so that change can evolve through healing and growth.
With a background in arts, I use creativity and arts-based ways of working for those who find making and creating helpful in the therapy or supervision process.
I have an accredited specialism in therapy with children and young people, and a special interest in therapeutic support for parents, teachers, and safeguarding leads. I also offer reflective clinical supervision for counsellors and therapists.
- Face-to-face sessions available in Hoylake, Wirral.
- Online sessions available (nationwide).
About Me
I’m a trauma-informed, person-centred senior registered and accredited counsellor/psychotherapist with the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS). I’m also a qualified clinical supervisor.
I have an MA in counselling and psychotherapy and a Postgraduate Certificate in supervision (level 7).
I have an accredited specialism in working with children and young people, and I’ve been in full time practice since 2014.
My aim is to create a warm and welcoming space so that you feel safe and can build a relationship of trust with me. I want to help you explore difficult issues and make sense of your experiences, feelings, and needs so that you can navigate challenges, heal, and find your way to contentment.
What is person-centred counselling?
The American psychologist Carl Rogers created the person-centred approach in the 1950s. Carl Rogers believed all human beings have a natural tendency to develop towards their full potential. However, this ability can become blocked or distorted by difficult life experiences.
In person-centred counselling, the counsellor has expertise in terms of theoretical and practice knowledge, however the client is the expert on themselves. It’s the counsellor’s role to fully empathise and understand the client’s experience so that the client may come to understand themselves more fully.
In person-centred counselling the client should feel that they can reflect on difficult issues in confidence with someone who will listen deeply without judgment, in an atmosphere of respect and empathy, based on a secure and trusting working relationship. The relationship between client and counsellor is the key to therapeutic healing, change and growth.
My Counselling Services
Counselling For Adults
Client-led counselling for adults of any age, to help with a range of issues and difficult experiences.
Therapy For Children
Child-centred therapy for children aged 5+ years. I offer a range of creative resources to engage children in activities through art and play to help them express difficult feelings and experiences, and to develop emotional literacy.
Counselling for Adolescents
A safe space for adolescents and young adults to work through challenging life events, to cope with change, manage pressure, and discover more about themselves.
Counselling for Teachers, Support Staff, and Safeguarding Leads
Dedicated time to step back from pressures and demands, reflect, recuperate, manage stress, and avoid burn-out.
Parent and Carer Consultations
A chance to reflect on the challenges of parenting, to think about how best to respond to your child’s difficult or confusing behaviour, and to be supported in your unique experience of family life.
Clinical Supervision for Counsellors and Therapists
Reflect and explore the many different aspects of your work and professional development in a professional, supportive, collaborative, and non-judgemental relationship.
My Counselling Services
Counselling For Adults
Client-led counselling for adults of any age, to help with a range of issues and difficult experiences.
Therapy For Children
Child-centred therapy for children aged 6+ years. I offer a range of creative resources to engage children in activities through art and play to help them express difficult feelings and experiences, and to develop emotional literacy.
Counselling for Adolescents
A safe space for adolescents and young adults to work through challenging life events, to cope with change, manage pressure, and discover more about themselves.
Counselling for Teachers, Support Staff, and Safeguarding Leads
Dedicated time to step back from pressures and demands, reflect, recuperate, manage stress, and avoid burn-out.
Parent and Carer Consultations
A chance to reflect on the challenges of parenting, to think about how best to respond to your child’s difficult or confusing behaviour, and to be supported in your unique experience of family life.
Clinical Supervision for Counsellors and Therapists
Reflect and explore the many different aspects of your work and professional development in a professional, supportive, collaborative, and non-judgemental relationship.
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