About Michelle
Michelle Kveum is a licensed professional counselor with 16 years of practice in Arkansas. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or major life changes. Michelle also supports clients facing relationship and career concerns, parenting strain, grief, and ADHD-related challenges.
She keeps sessions straightforward and practical. Michelle listens first, then helps clients set small, reachable goals. She uses exercises that teach new ways to handle strong emotions and improve daily routines.
Background and approach
Michelle often blends client-centered conversations with cognitive behavioral tools. That means she pays attention to a person's values and experiences while also helping them spot unhelpful thinking patterns. Mindfulness and solution-focused techniques are used to build coping skills and shape real-life changes.
Many people come for help with overwhelm, panic, and low self-worth. Others seek support for caregiver stress, codependency, impulsivity, or cultural and identity concerns. Michelle works with each person to tailor steps that fit their life and priorities.
Her style is warm and collaborative. She explains techniques in plain language and checks in about what is working. Sessions are designed to feel manageable so progress can happen between meetings.
How Michelle Uses Talk, Tools, and Technology
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person in the room. It means the therapist listens closely, mirrors what they hear, and follows the client's lead to find what matters most. This approach helps when someone needs a caring space to sort feelings and priorities.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior. Sessions include practical exercises to notice unhelpful thinking and test new ways of acting. CBT can be useful for anxiety, panic, low mood, and patterns that cause daily struggle.
Michelle treats finding the right approach as a team effort. She will talk with the client about goals and preferences, try techniques, and adjust plans when something isn’t working. The therapist and client decide together what methods fit best for the person’s life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is good for a deeper face-to-face feel. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat and text messaging let clients check in between meetings or use shorter, focused exchanges. These options make therapy easier to schedule and keep consistent for people with busy or changing routines.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Arkansas
- Languages
- English
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