About Michelle
Michelle Gossard is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing from Iowa with 15 years of clinical experience. She listens without judgment and helps people name what feels off. Michelle focuses on practical steps people can try between sessions to feel steadier.
Her style centers on meeting the person where they are. She treats the client as the expert on their life and builds on existing strengths. Sessions often include learning ways to manage thoughts, emotions, and reactions.
Background and approach
Michelle commonly helps people facing anxiety, stress, anger, low self-esteem, grief, and relationship strain. She also supports those dealing with parenting stresses, career questions, ADHD concerns, and life transitions such as midlife change or postpartum adjustment. Her work draws on client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral approaches, and solution-focused techniques.
That means conversations aim to be practical, focused on current problems, and guided by the client's goals. She encourages accountability and small, achievable changes that add up over time. Michelle has experience in both clinical and military-related settings, and she balances structure with a warm, straightforward approach.
People who want clear tools and steady support often find this helpful. If a parent is reading and worried about anxiety or stress affecting daily life, Michelle offers calm guidance and hands-on strategies.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's perspective. Online sessions let the therapist follow the client's lead while asking questions that help people clarify what matters most and identify their strengths.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches ways to notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. In remote sessions, CBT can include reviewing thought records, practicing new coping skills, and setting small experiments to try between meetings.
Solution-focused therapy narrows in on clear goals and practical steps. It suits short-term work on specific problems like anxiety spikes, parenting challenges, or career decisions where quick, actionable changes are useful.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That choice can shift over time as progress is made.
Online formats offer flexibility to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat can be useful for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to keep consistent work while handling family, work, and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Grief
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Iowa
- Languages
- English
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