About Michelle
Michelle Molina is a licensed clinical professional counselor in Illinois with 10 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress and anxiety, those navigating parenting challenges, and people working on confidence or career direction. She aims to meet each person where they are and offers a respectful, compassionate presence.
Michelle shapes sessions around the person in front of her. She listens first, then works with clients to set small, practical goals.
Background and approach
People can expect straightforward conversation about what’s getting in the way and what can change next. Her work draws on a mix of approaches. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors.
Client-centered techniques emphasize the client’s perspective and strengths. Solution-focused ideas keep sessions goal-oriented and brief when that fits the need. Michelle also uses motivational interviewing to help with ambivalence and to support readiness for change.
She brings in psychodynamic ideas when useful to understand patterns that repeat over time. Together these methods give room for short-term problem solving and deeper exploration when needed. Sessions are conversational and practical.
Michelle helps people build coping tools, improve communication, and regain a clearer sense of direction. She encourages steady progress and adjusts plans as circumstances change.
How her approaches work online
Michelle uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, stress, and practical problems at work or home. Client-Centered Therapy shapes sessions around the client’s own goals and strengths, making room for people to steer the conversation and pace of change.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Michelle will help clients decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She discusses options and adjusts techniques as progress and circumstances evolve, keeping the plan collaborative and flexible.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which let people fit therapy into busy days. Video works well for deeper conversations and nonverbal cues, phone calls can be lower bandwidth, and chat or messaging can support short check-ins or between-session support. These options allow clients to choose what feels most practical for their routine and comfort.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Family problems
- Life purpose
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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