Michele Junges-Stainthorpe, BACP

Michele Junges-Stainthorpe is a UK-based counsellor and therapist with over two decades of professional experience working with individual adults, couples, children, young people and families. She supports a wide spectrum of concerns, including autism and neurodiversity, ADHD, depression and low mood, anxiety and stress, bereavement and grief, eating and body image issues, self-harm, life transitions, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anger, gender and sexual identity matters, alcohol and substance related issues, relationship difficulties, and long-term health challenges.

She welcomes children, teenagers and adults who are navigating the demands of a neurotypical society and is fluent in French while also holding some knowledge of Russian and German. Michele adapts her work to each person's circumstances, drawing on a broad toolkit of therapeutic methods to meet individual needs and preferences. Her practice includes Schema Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Person-Centred Therapy, DBT-informed approaches, Gestalt Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Therapy, Clinical Hypnotherapy, Narrative Therapy, Play Therapy, Emotion-Focused Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy, with an emphasis on exploring underlying causes and helping clients process unresolved material rather than focusing only on surface symptoms.

Michele's background spans roles in teaching, school counselling within an international school, work with private companies and voluntary organisations, and private practice. She holds a BA in Counselling from Glasgow Caledonian University, a Professional Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (BTEC 5) from South Tyneside College, and a BA (Hons) in French, Russian and Politics from the University of Northumbria. She is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).