Michelle started teaching Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in 2023 following her mindfulness teacher training at Sussex Mindfulness Centre part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. She teaches Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction in clinical and community settings, both in-person and online. She has been actively involved in the meditation community for over twenty years, in study and practice and regularly attends solitary and interpersonal meditation retreats. In the year 2025 when the Nature of Meditation podcast was launched, it was invited to join the Insight Timer meditation teachers online platform where you can listen to the episodes. Michelle is also registered as a practicing Gestalt counsellor and psychologist on the Insight Timer directory of psychotherapists. View her BAMBA profile; Insight Timer profile; The Therapy Garden website Meditation page.
Michelle holds a MSc Psychology, MA Psychoanalysis, Diploma in Psychoanalytic Psychology, Diploma in Counselling, Certificate in Life Coaching, a Diploma in Homeobotanical Therapy and numerous other counselling and holistic healthcare certificates, specialising in working with specific client groups and with specific therapeutic modalities. She is a firm believer in Continuous Professional Development (CPD) and attends courses and workshops to learn new skills and improve her knowledge and understanding of mental health. You can read about her clinical practice on her The Therapy Garden website. She is a member of the British Psychological Society (BPS); British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP); and British Association of Mindfulness Based Approaches (BAMBA) and follows BAMBA and The Network for Mindfulness Teachers Guidelines for Good Practice.
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