About Michelle
Michelle Carter is a licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW) who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. She speaks plainly and works with each person to identify what matters most to them. Michelle centers the conversation on practical steps that fit a person's daily life.
She approaches therapy as a joint process. Michelle listens to what you already know about yourself and helps sort through what feels chosen versus what feels imposed.
Background and approach
Together you can pick which habits and thoughts to keep and which to let go. The aim is to free up energy for the goals and values you genuinely want. Michelle uses a mix of methods to match a person's needs.
She draws from acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values, cognitive behavioral tools to shift unhelpful thinking, and skills from dialectical behavior therapy for emotional regulation. Sessions also include client-centered listening and work on meaning and purpose when that fits the concern. Over 15 years she has helped people with a wide range of issues.
These include addictions, grief, intimacy struggles, sleeping problems, anger, self-esteem, career stress, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. She also has experience with aging and geriatric concerns, autism and Asperger syndrome, body image, caregiver stress, and related areas. Michelle practices from Minnesota and offers sessions designed to fit busy lives.
Her tone is practical and nonjudgmental, aimed at steady progress rather than overnight fixes. If you want a down-to-earth approach that focuses on clear steps and personal values, she may be a good match.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters most to you and taking small actions toward those values. It helps when anxiety or uncertainty gets in the way of living the life you want. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches concrete strategies to reduce symptoms and change unhelpful habits. It is often useful for anxiety, sleep problems, and mood shifts. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers practical skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which can help with anger, relationships, and emotional overwhelm.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Michelle collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and day-to-day life. That planning happens together so techniques align with what the person wants to achieve and how they prefer to work.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for full conversations and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat helps with brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing work between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule and maintain momentum between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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