About Michelle
Dr. Michelle Tatum practices using clear, practical methods to help people manage day-to-day challenges. She is Dr.
Michelle Tatum, a licensed clinical professional counselor with both LCPC and LPCC credentials and 18 years of experience. Her approach is straightforward and hands-on. She talks through problems with clients and helps them try new ways of coping.
She often works with stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma and abuse. She also supports people dealing with relationship struggles, grief, sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, and career concerns.
Background and approach
ADHD is listed among her focus areas and she addresses attention and organization difficulties alongside other concerns. Her method uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying different behaviors. Sessions include practical tools, small experiments, and steps clients can use between meetings.
She adapts the pace to each person so the work feels manageable. Dr. Tatum also helps with substance-related concerns, compassion fatigue, and issues related to caregiving and bereavement.
She brings nearly two decades of experience to complex problems like bipolar disorder and multicultural or veteran-related concerns. Her language is plain and direct, and she aims to make next steps clear. People meet with her to set concrete goals and track progress.
She explains options, listens without judgment, and creates a plan that fits daily life. Taking the first step can feel hard, and she frames therapy as steady progress, not a single solution.
CBT-informed care online for everyday challenges
Dr. Tatum primarily uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. CBT helps people break cycles of worry or avoidance by testing new ways of thinking and by practicing small behavioral changes that can improve mood and focus.The right approach is often found together. She will discuss your goals, try methods that fit your needs, and adjust the plan based on what helps. That collaborative process makes it easier to tailor strategies for stress, ADHD-related difficulties, sleep problems, or trauma recovery.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls are helpful for face-to-face conversations and hands-on skill practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief updates, timely coaching between sessions, or when typing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- New Mexico, Nevada
- Languages
- English
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