Licensed to practice in 2 states and accepts 46 insurances. Specializes in Anxiety, Depression, Trauma and PTSD and 9 more.
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Michelle is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) providing virtual therapy to adults throughout Maryland, Washington, DC. She earned her Master of Social Work from the University of Maryland, Baltimore where she developed skills and experience in helping individuals navigate life's challenges. Michelle has worked as a therapist in a private group practice, outpatient mental health, and managed care settings and during that time. No matter the location or population, Michelle is dedicated to providing high-quality care to her clients.
Your first sessions will focus on getting to know you—your experiences, strengths, challenges, and what brings you to therapy. Together, we will develop personalized treatment goals and identify therapeutic approaches that best fit your needs and preferences. Whether you're seeking support for trauma, anxiety, depression, life transitions, relationship concerns, or personal growth, Michelle is committed to helping you build the insight, skills, and confidence to create lasting change.
Michelle believes that meaningful change begins with feeling safe, understood, and genuinely supported. She offers a warm, nonjudgmental space where you can move at a pace that feels right for you. She values building a strong therapeutic relationship grounded in trust, authenticity, and collaboration, so you feel heard, respected, and empowered throughout the therapeutic process.
Michelle's clients are adults typically navigating life transitions, anxiety, depression, and generally want to learn more about why they make the choices they do so that they can interrupt those patterns that create challenges in their lives. They may be adult survivors of early childhood trauma (or the disruption of childhood attachment) and have been diagnosed with c-PTSD/PTSD, acute stress, depression, or an anxiety disorder (Phobia, Generalized Anxiety, Panic D/O).
Cash - $225 per session
Aetna
Aetna - Allied Benefits
Aetna - ASR Health Benefits
Aetna - Lucent Health
Aetna - Luminare
Aetna - Medicare
Aetna - Moda
Aetna - WebTPA
Aetna – HealthEZ
All Savers
Amerihealth Administrators
Amerihealth NJ Medicare Advantage
Anthem
Arlo
AvMed
Blue Cross Blue Shield
CareFirst
Centivo
Cigna
Cigna - HealthEZ
EAP:Cigna
EAP:Evernorth
EAP:UnitedHealthcare/Optum
Evernorth
Golden Rule
GTEB
Harvard Pilgrim/UnitedHealthcare
Humana - Medicare
Humana Dual (Medicare & Medicaid)
Independence Administrators
Independence Blue Cross
Kaiser Permanente - Medicare
Optum
OptumHealth Complex Medical Conditions
Oscar
Oxford
Surest (formerly Bind)
Tufts Health/Cigna
United Medical Resources
UnitedHealthcare Complete Care (C-SNP)
UnitedHealthcare Dual (Medicare & Medicaid)
UnitedHealthcare Life Insurance
UnitedHealthcare Shared Services
UnitedHealthcare StudentResources
UnitedHealthcare/Optum
UnitedHealthcare/Optum - Medicare
As an EMDRIA Certified therapist, I use EMDR to create opportunities for information that might have gotten stuck to begin to move forward. You will remember the material/memories, but they won't be as disturbing. Our sessions will focus on targeting these memories; and in addition, talk therapy in between sessions to process progress and other urgent life issues as they emerge.
DBT is a skills-based treatment where the end goal is to modify behavior you believe is problematic in your life; I'd do this by applying a combination of validation and problem-solving. In DBT you will learn practical skills to help you manage intense emotions, tolerate distress, improve relationships, and make choices that move you toward the life you want; while also learning to accept yourself with compassion.
Are you looking back in the past at decisions you cannot change? Are you anxiously awaiting a future event, which may or may not happen? Mindfulness is an intentional practice which focuses on all that we have at any given point in time: the present. You’ll learn strategies that help you increase focus and concentration and reduce looking back or looking forward; that help you feel centered, grounded, calmed, and relaxed. Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction can be combined with any other methods of treatment I use or as a standalone practice.
I use CBT to help clients recognize how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors influence each other by learning to question unhelpful, harmful thinking patterns and practice new behaviors to improve how you feel and respond to life's challenges. In our work together we will examine whether those thoughts are accurate, balanced, or based on assumptions then collaborate to develop more helpful ways of thinking while learning practical skills for managing stress, anxiety, depression or other challenges. CBT is an active, collaborative therapy; it is more than talking about problems, it's often about practicing new skills during and between sessions.
Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples (EFCT) is a type of therapy that helps people understand the emotions underneath their reactions, especially in close relationships. The idea is that our strongest emotions often point to important needs—such as wanting to feel safe, understood, accepted, or connected. Sometimes those needs get hidden behind anger, withdrawal, criticism, or shutting down. In therapy, we don't just focus on changing behaviors or solving problems. We also explore what's happening emotionally in those moments. For example, someone who becomes angry during conflict may discover that underneath the anger is fear of being rejected or not being important to the other person. My job is to help you identify your emotions, understand how emotions influence your thoughts and behaviors, recognize the patterns that keep you feeling stuck and express your deeper feelings and needs in ways that help you create understanding and connection while developing more secure, supportive ways of relating to yourself and Others.