About Michelle
Michelle Evans is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 18 years of experience helping adults manage stress, anxiety, ADHD, trauma, and struggles with addiction. She uses a direct, practical style to help people make small changes that add up. Michelle writes plainly and focuses on day-to-day tools that fit real life.
Michelle earned a Master of Arts in Counseling from Webster University and holds LPC and LMHC credentials. She has worked in a variety of settings including foster care, residential programs, independent living homes, and substance use treatment.
Background and approach
That background gives her experience with complex needs and co-occurring challenges. In sessions she centers the person and adapts methods to what works best for them. She commonly draws from cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking and behavior.
She also uses dialectical behavior skills to manage intense emotions and mindfulness strategies to reduce reactivity. Michelle pairs those approaches with motivational interviewing to support readiness for change. Therapy sessions mix practical skill-building, problem solving, and goal-focused conversation.
The emphasis is on useful steps clients can try between sessions. Her background includes individual and group work in residential and outpatient settings. That experience informs how she helps people cope with life transitions, relationship stress, and relapse risk.
She aims to create a straightforward space where goals are clear and progress is measured. Michelle works from Missouri and holds MO LPC and WA LMHC credentials. Sessions are conducted in English and designed to fit into busy schedules with flexible formats.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Michelle often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; this approach is useful for anxiety, stress, and managing ADHD-related challenges. She also incorporates Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach concrete emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal techniques for high-intensity moments. In addition, she draws on Client-Centered Therapy to keep sessions focused on each person's values and needs, offering an accepting, collaborative space.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Then they jointly pick methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made or life changes occur.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different days and routines. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief updates, coaching-style support, or when writing helps organize thoughts. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving schedules while keeping the focus on practical skills and steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Missouri, Washington
- Languages
- English
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