Dr Michelle Webster

Dr Michelle A. Webster
is the director of the Annandale Institute where she works as a clinical psychologist. She is also involved in mentoring, training and research.
In 1988, Michelle established the Counselling Training Centre (NSW) and then the Institute for Emotionally Focused Therapy, the world’s first higher-education provider of post- graduate programs in Emotion- Focused work. She developed the practitioner-based programs and was the principal trainer from 1988–2018.
Based on her extensive experience as a practitioner, Michelle has written and had published numerous articles on aspects of the Emotion-Focused approach. She has also revised and developed some of the relevant theory and treatment protocols. Her publications include Emotion-Focused Counselling: A practitioner’s guide to counselling (2017), psychotherapy (2019) and Couple Work (2021) and Physical Holding in Psychotherapy (2005).