About Michelle
Michelle Adler is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, and ADHD. Michelle encourages people to notice their strengths and take practical steps toward change.
She keeps sessions straightforward and collaborative. Michelle believes clients know their story best and she helps them build on what already works. Conversations are aimed at clear goals such as better sleep, improved focus, or repaired connection with a partner.
Background and approach
Michelle blends listening with concrete strategies. She may help a person break overwhelming problems into small steps. She also helps people develop coping tools for panic, anger, or intense emotions that get in the way of daily life.
Over 18 years she has worked with people facing life transitions, identity concerns including LGBT and gender dysphoria-related stress, and challenges tied to work and caregiving. Her practice also addresses issues like compassion fatigue and burnout for helping professionals. Practical topics that come up often include parenting strain, eating and sleeping difficulties, career uncertainty, and co-occurring mood conditions such as bipolar disorder.
Michelle aims for sessions that feel purposeful and doable, helping people try changes between meetings. People who want flexible contact options can connect by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Michelle supports clients through steady, goal-oriented conversation and tailored strategies suited to everyday life.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Michelle often uses evidence-based techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach helps people identify unhelpful thought patterns and try new responses that reduce anxiety and improve mood; this is useful for stress, anxiety, and sleep problems. Another frequent focus is skills-based work that teaches concrete tools for managing strong emotions, improving focus, and reducing impulsive reactions, which can help with ADHD, anger, and relationship strain.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and daily challenges, then try methods that fit those needs. Progress is checked together and techniques are adjusted if something does not feel helpful.
Online therapy here uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more accessible. Video lets people see nonverbal cues and work more deeply in sessions. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth or camera use is a barrier. Live chat and text messaging offer brief check-ins or ongoing support between scheduled meetings. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work breaks, family time, or busy days while keeping the focus on practical steps and steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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