About Michelle
Michelle Serisier is an AASW social worker with seven years' practice supporting people facing stress, anxiety and trauma. She draws on a person-centred outlook to listen closely and help clients notice strengths they already have. Michelle aims to make sessions simple and practical so people can start using new ideas straight away.
Michelle trained in counselling, psychology and social work, and uses a trauma-informed, strengths-based way of working. She focuses on building resilience and helping people remember skills they may have forgotten.
Background and approach
Conversations are respectful and curious, with space to tell the story at your own pace. She works with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, relationship difficulties, parenting strain, LGBT issues, and the effects of trauma and abuse. Michelle also supports people dealing with body image, addiction, divorce and blended family issues among other life challenges.
Her approach is flexible and tailored to each person’s needs. Sessions are practical and goal-oriented when needed, or more reflective if that suits the person. Michelle emphasises collaboration and clear steps you can try between sessions.
She helps people plan manageable changes and practice skills that reduce stress and build confidence. Michelle offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat and text messaging for people in Australia. She will work with you to set the pace, focus and next steps so therapy fits into your life.
Practical approaches for online therapy and anxiety
Michelle uses a person-centred way of working that keeps conversations focused on the client's priorities. This approach helps people feel heard and choose what to change first, which can be useful for anxiety and relationship concerns.She also works with trauma-informed and strengths-based ideas. A trauma-informed approach recognises how past hurts affect current behaviour and helps people move at a pace that feels safe. Strengths-based work looks for skills and resources the person already has and builds from there to reduce stress and improve coping.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. Michelle will talk with each person about goals, preferences and how they respond to different strategies. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust them over time so therapy matches the person's needs.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat and text messaging to give practical flexibility. Video calls work well for longer therapy sessions and visual connection, while phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat and text messaging suit short check-ins, reflection between sessions or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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