LCSW, 25 years of experience
Welcome! With more than 25 years experience, my clinical approach is solution-focused, goal-oriented, compassionate and client-centered. I work with you in partnership to help uncover solutions to your challenges so we don't get "stuck" on the problems themselves. Whether you're struggling with depression, anxiety, relationship challenges, or simply feeling "stuck," I'm here to help you restore balance and move toward a life of fulfillment. I strive to help you feel supported, understood, and empowered to make lasting changes. I've enjoyed helping adults navigate life's most difficult transitions for the last 25 years and I'd like to help you, too. By focusing on the skills of distress tolerance, emotional regulation, mindfulness and interpersonal effectiveness, we can begin to feel more in control of our day to day responses to stressors. I provide sessions geared towards formulating, motivating, achieving, and sustaining desired behavioral change. It helps you get "unstuck" and back in control! One of the most rewarding aspects of my work is seeing clients set meaningful, value-driven goals and achieving them. That's why I partner with you to ensure you are empowered to reach your full potential. As you work through life's transitions, I will be there to guide, encourage, and challenge you to push past obstacles and create the life you want. Visit my website at www.valued-directions.com to find out more about my approach to therapy
Our sessions will include a thorough exploration and assessment of your goals, psychoeducation to outline the science behind the therapeutic modalities we will use, collaboration in allowing you to choose an evidence based modality that most suits you, challenging questions to help you gain greater insight and awareness and homework assignments that will help you reach the goals identified during treatment. Visit my website at www.valued-directions.com to find out more about my approach to therapy
Having worked with active duty service members and busy civilian populations, I have developed a clinical skill set that allows me to deliver efficient, effective evidence based modalities that are designed to deliver you therapeutic results in the most timely manner. Visit my website at www.valued-directions.com to find out more about my approach to therapy
My clients generally feel "stuck" and are seeking help in improving their mood, their relationships and their feelings of being overwhelmed. I help my clients develop a tool box of coping skills to take into their day to day lives based on a personalized assessment of need. I am best suited to working with adults over 35 years of age, who are looking for greater insight and understanding of their interpersonal dynamics. I am highly effective in helping adults manage self-sabotaging behaviors and developing more effective coping skills to maximize therapeutic gains. Visit my website at www.valued-directions.com to find out more about my approach to therapy
In my practice, I use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help my clients build a more meaningful and satisfying life by cultivating psychological flexibility. ACT acknowledges that difficult emotions are an inevitable part of the human experience. Rather than avoiding or suppressing these emotions, I guide clients in learning how to accept them as part of their journey. ACT empowers my clients to make choices that reflect who they want to be, rather than being driven by transient emotional states. This approach helps us reconnect with meaning, build resilience, and move toward a life that feels authentic and fulfilling.
My clients find this therapeutic approach the most helpful when learning to develop coping mechanisms for navigating difficult and stressful life situations. This approach is especially effective for clients seeking practical tools to manage emotional intensity, interpersonal challenges, and distressing experiences. By focusing on these core skill areas, we can begin to feel more in control of our day-to-day responses to stressors.
C.B.T. is based on the idea that our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are interconnected, and that changing one can help improve the others. It's a practical, goal-oriented approach that helps my clients and I focus on changing negative and unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. CBT can lead to significant improvements in mood, anxiety levels, and overall mental well-being. I’ve been using CBT in my practice for the past 25 years. It’s helped hundreds of clients challenge recurring thoughts and manage their anxiety. We’ll use CBT to recognize how your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors influence each other. We’ll then use that knowledge to change your thinking patterns, which will help you lead a less anxious and stressed life.
Many clients seek treatment during periods where they feel "stuck". This therapy is a short-term goal-focused evidence-based therapeutic approach, which helps clients by constructing solutions rather than focusing on problems. In the most basic sense, SFBT is a hope friendly, positive emotion eliciting, future-oriented vehicle for formulating, motivating, achieving, and sustaining desired behavioral change. It helps us get "unstuck"!
3 ratings with written reviews
March 28, 2025
Michelle is amazing!!! Best therapist ever! So kind, provides helpful techniques. Knows her stuff!
March 25, 2025
Absolutely love her and her compassionate, authentic approach. So grateful for Michelle.
March 4, 2025
She’s really great and easy to talk to. I felt relief in the first session alone. Booking some more sessions :-)