Bring joy
to your life.
Award-winning talk therapy and Five Element acupuncture from The Lodge on Wallingford High Street, and online wherever you are. Small, purposeful steps, taken together.
30+ years in practiceBAcC and APHP registeredLuxlife 2024 Most Dedicated Talk Therapist, Oxfordshire
The Lodge, 51A High Street, Wallingford
- BSc (Hons), Lic AcCollege of Integrated Chinese Medicine
- British Acupuncture CouncilMember, with the Association of Acupuncture Clinicians
- APHP and NRPCRegistered hypnotherapist and psychotherapist
- Lifestyle MedicineBritish Society of Lifestyle Medicine member
- CMA Educating MemberComplementary Medical Association
What I do
Whichever door you come through, you get the whole picture.
Some people arrive for the mind and stay for the body. Some the other way round. Because one practitioner holds both, nothing gets lost between appointments.
Talk therapy
For emotional challenges and the behaviours that keep you stuck. In the room, online, or walking along the river.
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Acupuncture
Five Element acupuncture to restore balance, for pain, fatigue, stress, sleep, hormonal and digestive health.
Explore acupunctureStart here
Start with what you’re carrying.
Choose the one closest to home. I’ll show you where I would usually begin, and we decide the rest together on the discovery call.
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Talk therapy firstBWRT and clinical hypnotherapy work quickly on the fear response itself. Auricular acupuncture often comes alongside to settle the nervous system between sessions.Read more
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Both, togetherAcupuncture for the body’s stress response and sleep. Coaching and hypnotherapy for the habits and pressures underneath. The AcuCalm-Mind and workshop evenings are there if you would rather start in a group.Read more
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Talk therapyPsychodynamic and integrative work on the patterns that repeat, with practical coaching for the conversations you are avoiding.Read more
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Talk therapyBWRT to change the automatic response, hypnotherapy to rehearse the new one, and coaching to keep it honest week to week.Read more
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Both, togetherThe NADA ear-acupuncture protocol supports withdrawal and craving. BWRT and hypnotherapy work on the trigger. Steady, private, no judgement.Read more
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Talk therapy, pacedBWRT and hypnotherapy can work without you having to retell everything. We go at your pace, with acupuncture available for the body’s side of it.Read more
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Talk therapy firstIntegrative talk therapy with room to grieve properly. Five Element acupuncture alongside for energy and sleep when they go.Read more
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Acupuncture firstFive Element acupuncture, electro-acupuncture and cupping for the pain and fatigue. Coaching for living well around a long-term condition.Read more
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Acupuncture and lifestyleAcupuncture for IBS, bloating and autoimmune digestive conditions, with lifestyle medicine on the everyday side. The Maximise Your Microbiome workshop is the group version.Read more
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Acupuncture firstFive Element acupuncture for cycle, menopause and fertility support, with talk therapy where the emotional side needs its own room.Read more
About Michelle
“It’s the small, purposeful steps, taken with conscious connection, that lead to meaningful, positive and lasting change.”
For over 30 years Michelle has been exploring what it means to live a healthy, balanced life, from leading luxury hotels and resorts and workplace wellness for organisations such as Barclays, to a weekly clinic on Wallingford High Street.
- 30+years in practice
- 2024Luxlife, Most Dedicated Talk Therapist, Oxfordshire
- Weeklyon UK Health Radio
In their words
“I was crippled with anxiety when first diagnosed with cancer. Michelle not only helped me to manage the anxiety and panic. She has been instrumental in the relationship I now have with my oncology team, my family, and my self.”
“I reached out to Michelle when my business was failing, and I felt paralysed in how to get myself out of the hole I had got myself in. Now not only can I breathe again, my business has also taken a new lease of life and I feel great.”
“I love working with Michelle. Her energy, passion and ability to make people feel comfortable and at ease talking about even the most challenging subjects is inspiring.”
Workshops this autumn
Wednesday evenings at The Springs.
Hands-on wellbeing sessions at The Springs Spa 1893. The science first, then something you make and take home.
- 11November · Wed
Maximise Your Microbiome
The gut microbiome, and the everyday choices that help it thrive.
- 18November · Wed
Calm a Monkey Mind
What keeps a busy mind racing, and practical ways to interrupt the overwhelm.
- 25November · Wed
Self Care Survival
Burnout prevention and the science of self-care. Leave with a personal wellness kit.
New dates are on the way: ask to hear first.
Listen and watch
Try something before you book anything.
A two-minute tapping routine for when it all feels like too much, and a weekly radio hour on where ancient medicine and new research agree.
Ancient Wisdom: Modern Science
Michelle’s weekly show on UK Health Radio. Sleep, gut health, acupuncture, the nervous system, and the guests who study them.
Listen to past episodesWhat happens next
Three steps, and the first one costs nothing.
- STEP 01
A free discovery call
A short call to hear what is going on and whether I am the right person. No pressure, no script. Book a slot online or ring the clinic.
- STEP 02
Your first session
Talk therapy begins with a 45-minute consultation for £40, redeemable against sessions booked within three months. Acupuncture starts with a health questionnaire and a full first treatment.
- STEP 03
A plan that fits your week
Weekly clinics at The Lodge, Wallingford. Online sessions worldwide. Walking sessions along the Thames. Visits to your place of work by arrangement.