Michaela Kirchem

Please email to enquire about current availability.

Session fees range from £75 to £90 depending on time and location. I see clients on a weekly basis.

All sessions are 50 minutes long and cancellation policies are in place. 

Certain feelings or memories can be difficult to share, even with those close to us. It might be something that happened to you, something you witnessed, or something you carried for so long it felt normal — until it didn’t. Maybe it’s something that was never really yours, yet you still find yourself holding onto it.

The longer we carry these experiences, the heavier they can begin to feel. You may notice it in your body — a weight on your chest, tight shoulders, or the sense of being stuck or wanting to run away. It may also show up in how you feel: anxious, sad, angry, or cut off from people around you.

Counselling can be a space to put some of that weight down for a while. You don’t have to unpack everything at once, and you don’t need to share anything before you feel ready.

As a person-centred counsellor, I won’t analyse you or tell you what to do. Instead, I’ll listen with gentleness, openness and curiosity, so you can explore what you’ve been carrying and decide for yourself what to hold on to and what to let go.

Counselling can be short-term, focusing on something immediate, like a recent bereavement or life change, or it can be a longer journey of exploration and self-discovery.

What’s next?

Feel free to visit my website, and if you have any questions or would like to take that first step, please get in touch. 

Qualifications

I hold a Level 5 Higher Professional Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP-accredited course). My practice is rooted in the person-centred approach and I draw on aspects of psychodynamic, relational and mindfulness-based approaches.

Experience

Before starting in private practice, I worked with clients in community services, a drug and substance misuse support agency and a bereavement counselling service.

I have been practicing mindfulness and meditation for more than ten years and completed Level 1 teacher training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) at Bangor University’s Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice and the Mindfulness in a One-to-One Context Specialism training with the Mindfulness Network.

Languages

I am bi-lingual and offer counselling in English and German. 

I offer a 20-minute phone consultation as an opportunity for you to ask any questions you may have, speak about availability and get a first feel of what it might be like to work with me.

There is no pressure to commit at this stage and you can decide during or after the phone consultation if you would like to make a first appointment. 

Please email to enquire about current availability.

Session fees range from £75 to £90  depending on time and location.  I see clients on a weekly basis.

All sessions are 50 minutes long and cancellation policies are in place. 

Certain feelings or memories can be difficult to share, even with those close to us. It might be something that happened to you, something you witnessed, or something you carried for so long it felt normal — until it didn’t. Maybe it’s something that was never really yours, yet you still find yourself holding onto it.

The longer we carry these experiences, the heavier they can begin to feel. You may notice it in your body — a weight on your chest, tight shoulders, or the sense of being stuck or wanting to run away. It may also show up in how you feel: anxious, sad, angry, or cut off from people around you.

Counselling can be a space to put some of that weight down for a while. You don’t have to unpack everything at once, and you don’t need to share anything before you feel ready.

As a person-centred counsellor, I won’t analyse you or tell you what to do. Instead, I’ll listen with gentleness, openness and curiosity, so you can explore what you’ve been carrying and decide for yourself what to hold on to and what to let go.

Counselling can be short-term, focusing on something immediate, like a recent bereavement or life change, or it can be a longer journey of exploration and self-discovery.

What’s next?

Feel free to visit my website, and if you have any questions or would like to take that first step, please get in touch. 

Qualifications

I hold a Level 5 Higher Professional Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP-accredited course). My practice is rooted in the person-centred approach and I draw on aspects of psychodynamic, relational and mindfulness-based approaches.  

Experience

Before starting in private practice, I worked with clients in community services, a drug and substance misuse support agency and a bereavement counselling service.

I have been practicing mindfulness and meditation for more than ten years and completed Level 1 teacher training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) at Bangor University’s Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice and the Mindfulness in a One-to-One Context Specialism training with the Mindfulness Network. 

Languages 

I am bi-lingual and offer counselling in English and German. 

I’m an experienced integrative counsellor and draw on contemporary person-centred experiential, psychodynamic and relational approaches in my work. Currently I am completing my supervision training at the Centre for Supervision and Team Development London as well as a Diploma in Supervision for Person-Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression at Metanoia Institute.

My own experience of supervision has been that of a uniquely collaborative and supportive space to pause and bring curiosity to my counselling practice and way of being as a counsellor. It has enriched my work and broadened my understanding and perspective of my work - and continues to do so.

“We can choose the lens we look through but the context of supervision offers us the space to inquire into the way how we are looking.” Robin Shohet - In Love with Supervision

Perspectives and experience I bring to my work as a supervisor

• A contemporary integrative view of person-centred experiential counselling that looks to explore the common ground with psychodynamic, phenomenological and relational approaches.
  
• Licensed Practitioner of Person-Centred Counselling for Depression, an NHS Talking Therapies (formerly IAPT) approved modality, completing specialist training to supervise PCE-CfD practitioners and practitioners in training
  
• Experience of running a private practice alongside working in an NHS-commissioned counselling service
  
• Supervision in deutscher Sprache für muttersprachliche und bilinguale Therapeut:innen und Fachkräfte in helfenden Berufen sowie weiteren professionellen Tätigkeitsfeldern
  

How I offer supervision

While I'm completing my training I offer supervision at a reduced rate of £35 per 50 minutes until November 2026.

I offer supervision for individuals and groups in person (NW5 or SE15) and online. As in counselling, I believe that the strength and quality of the supervisory relationship is key for us to be able to make the most of the supervision space for you. I therefore usually offer supervision on a regular, fortnightly basis. 

I’m an experienced integrative counsellor and draw on contemporary person-centred experiential, psychodynamic and relational approaches in my work. Currently I am completing my supervision training at the Centre for Supervision and Team Development London as well as a Diploma in Supervision for Person-Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression at Metanoia Institute.

My own experience of supervision has been that of a uniquely collaborative and supportive space to pause and bring curiosity to my counselling practice and way of being as a counsellor. It has enriched my work and broadened my understanding and perspective of my work - and continues to do so.

“We can choose the lens we look through but the context of supervision offers us the space to inquire into the way how we are looking.” Robin Shohet - In Love with Supervision

Perspectives and experience I bring to my work as a supervisor

• A contemporary integrative view of person-centred experiential counselling that looks to explore the common ground with psychodynamic, phenomenological and relational approaches.
  
• Licensed Practitioner of Person-Centred Counselling for Depression, an NHS Talking Therapies (formerly IAPT) approved modality, completing specialist training to supervise PCE-CfD practitioners and practitioners in training
  
• Experience of running a private practice alongside working in an NHS-commissioned counselling service
  
• Supervision in deutscher Sprache für muttersprachliche und bilinguale Therapeut:innen und Fachkräfte in helfenden Berufen sowie weiteren professionellen Tätigkeitsfeldern
  

How I offer supervision

While I'm completing my training I offer supervision at a reduced rate of £35 per 50 minutes until November 2026.

I offer supervision for individuals and groups in person (NW5 or SE15) and online. As in counselling, I believe that the strength and quality of the supervisory relationship is key for us to be able to make the most of the supervision space for you. I therefore usually offer supervision on a regular, fortnightly basis.