About Michelle
Michelle Consavage is a licensed social worker in Michigan with 24 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, depression, grief, or life transitions. Michelle uses a calm, direct style and focuses on what will help a person feel steadier day to day.
She approaches care by looking at the whole person - mind, body, and spirit - and blends practical skills with reflective conversation.
Background and approach
That can mean learning techniques to manage intense feelings, practicing mindfulness to reduce reactivity, or talking through patterns that keep challenges coming back. Michelle draws on client-centered methods to keep sessions focused on each person’s needs. She also uses cognitive behavioral strategies to spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
Motivational interviewing helps when someone feels stuck about making changes. Sessions often involve simple, concrete tools to use between meetings. Michelle helps people set realistic steps for change and checks in on what works.
She adapts the pace and focus to the person in front of her rather than following a fixed program. Her background includes long-term clinical work in Michigan settings and experience supporting people through trauma, chronic health issues, parenting strain, work stress, and questions about self-worth. Michelle aims to combine warmth with straightforward guidance so clients can move toward more stable, manageable days.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Michelle uses client-centered therapy to keep conversations focused on each person’s priorities and lived experience. This approach means the therapist listens closely, reflects what matters to the client, and helps uncover personal strengths that can be used to meet goals.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, a hands-on method that identifies unhelpful thoughts and tests small behavior changes. CBT is useful for anxiety, stress, and depression because it gives clear tools people can practice between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Michelle will discuss options, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on the client’s goals and preferences. That collaborative process helps shape what methods are most helpful over time.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video is good for a full conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or a client prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, coaching-style support, or when someone needs flexible, shorter contact between sessions. These options aim to increase access and make it easier to use therapy consistently.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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