Michelle Strange MBACP (accredited)

Counselling Qualifications

I am an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and a member of the Institute for Mindfulness and Psychotherapy. I have been working with counselling clients since 2010, and started working at Barnsbury Therapy Rooms in 2012.

I am committed to ongoing professional development, particularly in the areas of relational psychotherapy, attachment, mindfulness and Buddhist psychology, and trauma-informed practice. Since receiving my core qualification of a Professional Diploma in Integrative Counselling from Mary Ward Centre, I have undertaken a number of additional trainings – a selection of these are 

Integrative Counselling and Contemporary Psychotherapy (3rd year, Minster Centre).

Diploma in Relational Mindfulness (Karuna Institute), 

Teacher Training 1, Mindfulness one-to-one (Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice in Bangor University). 

Certificate in Working with Couples and Other Relationships (Grove). 

Level 6 Certificate in Therapeutic Counselling Supervision.

Certificate in Adoption Support Counselling (Barnardos)

Advanced Certificate in Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy, US. 

Gestalt Chair work (Gestalt Centre)

All of my work is subject to mindfulness-based clinical supervision, and underpinned by personal meditation practice and regular attendance at silent meditation retreats.

 Experience

I have worked as a counsellor/psychotherapist/client assessor with a diverse group of clients in many different settings - a longer-term NHS psychotherapy service, a student and a staff counselling service at a university, and in two other funded counselling agencies. In addition to my private practice, I work as a clinical group supervisor at a community-based bereavement agency, and teach mindfulness meditation classes in the community..

Life and previous career

Over the last 35 years my professional life has brought me into contact with a huge variety of people with distress and difficulty in their lives. Before embarking on my therapeutic training, I had a long career as barrister in private practice, specialising in criminal defence, mental health law and human rights. I have a degree in Jurisprudence (Law) from Oxford University, and was called to the Bar in 1989.

I am a mother, and lived in several countries before settling in north London.