Michaela Sinclair is a Humanistic therapist with an Existential approach to her work. The Existential approach assumes the importance of each person’s ability to make well informed choices about his/her own life and holds that it is possible to make sense and meaning of one’s life.
Michaela holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and Supervision from Glasgow Caledonian University and a Masters in Counselling research from the University of Abertay, Dundee. Her research interests included clients’ experience of “stuckness” and the process of change.
She originally worked in community based counselling in Paisley and then with the Kinharvie Institute of Facilitation, Glasgow where she worked with clients and also taught. She has also worked part-time as a lecturer at Ayr College delivering the HN and HNC in Counselling.
Michaela has since then worked in private practice which includes Counselling, Staff Supervision and Employee Assistance. She has trained in Mindfulness for Stress Reduction and has practiced Meditation for over 25 years. Outwith her Counselling practice, Michaela also teaches Tai Chi and Qigong.
Michaela is an Accredited and Registered Member of BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) and a member of WAPCEPC (World Association for Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapy and Counselling) and abides by the BACP Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy. For further information visit: www.bacp.co.uk