About Michelle
Michelle Kunick is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who began practicing in 2018. She focuses on helping people navigate anxiety and other emotional challenges by working with each person to build new ways of thinking and coping. Michelle draws on a person-centered, strengths-based outlook.
She meets people where they are and collaborates on goals. Sessions tend to be warm and interactive, with an emphasis on respect and practical steps forward.
Background and approach
Her background includes work with addiction, substance use, trauma and co-dependency. She also supports people dealing with grief, depression, anger, stress, relationship strain, bipolar symptoms, and major life changes. Additional areas Michelle addresses include family of origin issues, communication problems, and forgiveness work.
Michelle uses a mix of approaches tailored to the person in front of her. She incorporates client-centered techniques alongside cognitive behavioral strategies and skills from dialectical behavior therapy. She also uses mindfulness tools and elements of the Gottman Method when relationship patterns are part of the concern.
In sessions Michelle focuses on practical changes. She helps people identify unhelpful thinking, practice new coping skills, and improve communication. The aim is to help people move toward clearer thinking and more effective behavior in daily life.
How therapy approaches fit into online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the persons experience and builds on strengths to set goals and make changes. This approach emphasizes listening, empathy, and working together on steps that feel achievable, which can help with anxiety and self-esteem issues.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors link together. Sessions often include identifying unhelpful thoughts and practicing new ways of responding, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and stress management.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches practical skills for handling intense emotions and improving relationships. It includes tools for distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and clear communication that can be applied between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what methods feel useful, and then tailor the plan together. That collaborative process helps determine whether CBT, DBT, client-centered work, or a mix is best for a person's needs.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction and visual cues. Phone sessions can work when lower bandwidth or hands-free conversations are needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between sessions or fit brief exchanges into a busy day. These options let people choose what fits their routine while getting consistent therapeutic support.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Kentucky
- Languages
- English
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