Dr Michelle Haslam is a senior clinical psychologist with over 20 years’ experience across a variety of settings, including adult NHS mental health services and private healthcare. She is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

Prior to completing her doctorate in clinical psychology, Michelle completed a PhD exploring the link between interpersonal difficulties and eating disorders. She worked in an eating disorder service for around five years post-qualification, and has since worked in services for complex trauma, depression and anxiety.

Michelle is an integrative therapist, meaning she is trained in and draws upon a range of approaches including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy, and parts work. She is trauma-informed and neurodiversity-affirming, and is trained and experienced in EMDR and trauma-focused CBT.

Michelle is an intersectional feminist, LGBTQ+ friendly, and an anti-racist practitioner. She has particular expertise in cultic dynamics and coercive control in high-demand groups, intimate partner violence, and psychological abuse, and provides training and resources on spiritual and religious abuse in meditation-based groups. Michelle is passionate about holding in mind the impact of socio-political factors on mental health, and the risk of pathologising individuals for coping strategies that may once have served a protective function.