About Me
Michelle McGolpin
MNCPS (Acc), GQHP, DCH, DHP. NLP & EFT Practitioner
I am a psychotherapeutic counsellor, hypnotherapist, EFT and NLP Practitioner, and I have been supporting people therapeutically since 2008.
I believe that while life and loss can change us, it doesn’t have to define the rest of our lives.
My journey into therapy began with hypnotherapy and fertility work, before leading me to train as a psychotherapeutic counsellor. Over time, my work has developed to encompass both counselling and hypnotherapy, allowing me to offer different forms of therapeutic support, depending on what someone is experiencing and what they would like to work towards.
Loss is an important part of my work because I understand that it can take many forms. It can be the death of someone we love, baby loss, relationship breakdown, redundancy, financial change, fertility challenges, or a future we had imagined for ourselves that no longer feels possible.
It can simply be that life has changed and we no longer recognise ourselves or know what comes next.
My role is not to tell you how you should feel or how quickly you should recover. Instead, I offer a compassionate, supportive and non-judgemental space where you can explore your thoughts, emotions and experiences safely, and at a pace that feels right for you.
Together, we'll work towards helping you feel more able to cope, reconnect with yourself and find hope again, even when life feels uncertain.
Why I do this work
Supporting others has been a constant thread throughout my life.
Looking back, I think I have always been someone people naturally turned to during difficult times. Throughout my career, whether working in leadership, wellbeing or therapeutic practice, I have found meaning in helping people navigate challenge, uncertainty and change.
My understanding of loss began long before I trained as a counsellor. Loss has touched my own life in many different ways and has given me a deep appreciation of how profoundly it can affect our sense of identity, safety and direction.
These experiences, combined with my professional training and years of client work, have shaped my belief that while we cannot always change what has happened to us, we can learn how to carry it differently.
My professional experience
I have been supporting clients therapeutically since 2008. My work originally began within hypnotherapy, fertility support and hypnobirthing, helping individuals and couples navigate some of life's most emotionally challenging experiences.
Through this work, I became increasingly aware of the impact that grief, uncertainty and loss can have on people's emotional wellbeing. This naturally led me to expand my training into psychotherapeutic counselling and develop a particular interest in grief, bereavement, baby loss and life transitions.
Today, I work with adults experiencing:
Grief and bereavement
Baby loss
Life transitions
Relationship breakdown
Fertility-related challenges
Anxiety linked to loss and change
Identity and life-stage transitions
From 2024 to 2026, I volunteered for a local domestic abuse charity. I have seen survivors experience the most amazing life transformations - rebuilding their lives and achieving a new sense of self and a new life purpose.
Qualifications, Professional Memberships & Directories
Qualifications
Professional Level 5 Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling Practice (Chrysalis Courses)
Professional Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy (Institute of Clinical Hypnosis)
Professional Diploma in Hypnotherapy & Psychotherapy (Institute of Clinical Hypnosis)
Certified Hypnobirthing Practitioner
Certified Hypnofertility Consultant
EFT Practitioner (Institute of Clinical Hypnosis)
NLP Practitioner (Helford 2000 Ltd)
Sands Baby Loss Training
J9 Domestic Abuse Training (Safer Places Training)
Professional Memberships
National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS) - Accredited Registrant
General Hypnotherapy Register (GHR) - Registered Practitioner
