Elizabeth Michael

I see clients in person at my premises in Chichester or online on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. 

I have access to a wheelchair accessible space in Chichester.

I am recognised by AXA Health as an approved provider.

Hi, my name is Liz, and my pronouns are she/her. I am a UKCP accredited psychotherapist and registered BACP member.

My training included a wide variety of approaches, with a special focus on existential therapy. This is an approach which considers how we live, how we relate to one another and what it means to be human, all of which are often a source of anxiety. I can help you explore your experience, difficulties and feelings, a process which can help you to better understand yourself, to make meaning of your experience, and to find ways in which to live better.

My experience includes working with anxiety, depression, family trauma, work-related stress, difficulties arising from neurodiversity, issues of identity, feelings of self-hate, compulsive behaviours, grief, loss, bereavement, relationship breakdown, abuse, and suicidal thoughts.

Often, clients feel that they are, in some way, at odds with the world, and feel troubled by this. Existential therapy often feels intuitive as an approach when this is the case.

Prior to becoming a therapist, I had a long corporate consulting career in a professional services firm, including experience of working in the City. I understand well the stresses and challenges of corporate life, and am well equipped to help you consider how you manage these.

As well as working as a therapist within general counselling services and in private practice, I have volunteered with Cruse Bereavement Care and Maytree Respite Care for people in suicidal crisis.

I have a special interest in working with individuals facing challenges living as a neurodiverse person in a neurotypical world.

I also work extensively with individuals who have experienced trauma in relation to their family.

I am passionate about access to affirmative therapy for trans and gender non-conforming folk and provide an LGBTQ+ safe space. I oppose the April 2025 UK Supreme Court ruling on biological sex and am a member of Therapists Against Conversion Therapy and Transphobia.

I work from my premises in Chichester, and see clients both in person and online, Monday to Thursday. I have access to a wheelchair accessible space in Chichester.

Sessions are typically weekly at the same time each week (although I can offer some flexibility around work schedules) and are 50 minutes long.

I am recognised by AXA Health as an approved provider.

I offer a free initial consultation over Zoom of up to 30 minutes. You will have the opportunity to tell me a bit about yourself and why you are seeking therapy, and to ask me questions about how we might work together.