About Michelle
Michelle Shannon is a licensed professional counselor with 15 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety, cope with grief and loss, and navigate career difficulties. Michelle aims to make the first steps toward change feel more doable and less overwhelming.
She creates an open space where people can name what they're feeling without fear of judgment. Sessions are meant to be straightforward and practical, with time to talk through immediate concerns and decide on next steps.
Background and approach
Michelle emphasizes clear communication and building tools that fit everyday life. Her work often addresses trauma and abuse and the aftereffects that can show up as worry, shame, or isolation. She also supports those facing major life transitions who need help sorting priorities and coping strategies.
Conversations can include processing past hurts or learning new skills to manage strong emotions. Michelle draws on approaches such as client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. Those methods are used to help people recognize unhelpful patterns and practice different responses.
The goal is practical change that feels relevant to a person's day-to-day life. Clients typically find the pace collaborative and grounded. Michelle works from Oregon and holds an Oregon Licensed Professional Counselor credential.
Sessions are offered in English and can accommodate several formats to match a person's schedule.
Practical approaches adapted for online care
Client-centered therapy prioritizes the person's own goals and experiences. In practice this means the therapist listens closely, reflects what is heard, and follows the client's lead to set topics and pace. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and uses clear exercises to test and change unhelpful patterns that fuel anxiety and stress. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, offers specific skills in emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness that help when intense feelings or relationship worries are present.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michelle will talk with each person about what they want to change and try methods that fit their goals and preferences. The process is collaborative so techniques are adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper work and visual connection, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow for brief updates, skill practice, or ongoing coaching between longer sessions. These formats give flexibility to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other busy lives.
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- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Oregon
- Languages
- English
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