About Michelle
Michelle Owusu is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with 17 years of experience. She offers calm, straightforward support for people managing stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship challenges. Michelle also works with concerns like grief, addictions, ADHD, parenting strain, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem.
She begins by listening closely to each person's story and current pressures. That helps her set clear goals together and pick practical strategies that fit everyday life.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on skills you can use between meetings and on understanding patterns that keep problems stuck. Michelle has worked across diverse communities and brings that awareness into therapy. She pays attention to cultural background and how life changes affect mood, behavior, and relationships.
Her experience includes support for mood disorders, postpartum and perinatal concerns, multicultural issues, and non-monogamous relationship dynamics. In practical terms she uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques matched to what the client needs most. Therapy can include short-term coaching elements, help with communication and boundaries, and tools for managing strong emotions.
The aim is to reduce daily struggle and improve how someone copes with change. Michelle provides sessions in English and works with adults who want straightforward, collaborative care. She welcomes questions about the format and what to expect from the first session.
Evidence-informed approaches and flexible online care
Michelle uses proven therapeutic techniques tailored to each person's needs. One approach focuses on teaching practical coping skills for anxiety and stress, such as breathing strategies, activity planning, and step-by-step problem solving. These techniques help reduce daily overwhelm and improve functioning.Another common element is working on relationship and communication patterns. This involves spotting recurring interaction habits, practicing clearer boundaries and requests, and building skills to handle conflict and intimacy-related concerns. These methods are useful for people facing relationship strain, blended family issues, or communication breakdowns.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options, set goals with the client, and adjust methods as needs and preferences become clearer. This keeps care practical and collaborative rather than one-size-fits-all.
Online therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions are useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a work break or require less bandwidth. Live chat and messaging are helpful for shorter check-ins, written reflection, or ongoing support between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and maintain continuity over time.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Arizona
- Languages
- English
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