About Michelle
Michelle Kotch is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in New Jersey with 25 years of experience. She supports people dealing with stress and anxiety, depression, grief and loss, parenting concerns, ADHD, addictions, relationship tension, family issues, and low self-esteem. Michelle encourages a steady, practical approach and recognizes taking the first step can be hard.
She centers sessions on the person’s own story and strengths. Michelle helps clients identify what is working and what gets in the way.
Background and approach
Conversations focus on small, manageable changes that fit daily life and parenting demands. Her style is straightforward and respectful. Michelle listens closely, asks clear questions, and offers tools people can try between sessions.
She emphasizes pacing the work to match each person’s capacity and commitments. Over the years she has guided people through grief, the stress of juggling responsibilities, and recurring anxiety. Michelle draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address symptoms and build coping skills.
She treats concerns like depression and addictions with steady problem-solving and emotional support. Michelle works in English and practices in New Jersey. She aims to make starting therapy less daunting by walking clients through next steps.
For many people, that first appointment brings relief and a plan to move forward.
Approaches and online therapy options
Michelle uses well-established, evidence-based techniques that focus on building coping skills and changing unhelpful patterns. One approach helps people identify thoughts and behaviors that increase anxiety or low mood, then practice alternative responses to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. Another approach teaches concrete coping tools for stress, managing emotions, and dealing with grief so clients have practical strategies to use between sessions.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Michelle listens to each person’s concerns, goals, and preferences, and she adapts techniques to fit individual needs. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and comfort levels. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation when that feels helpful. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging offer brief, flexible ways to stay connected between appointments. These options make therapy easier to fit into busy lives and daily routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
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