About Michelle
Dr. Michelle Tatum uses straightforward, evidence-based care to help people manage anxiety and stress. She brings 18 years of clinical experience and clear, practical strategies to sessions.
Dr. Tatum aims to make the first steps feel manageable for someone who is worried or overwhelmed. She focuses on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thinking and try new ways of coping.
Sessions are conversational and goal-focused. She tailors discussions and exercises to what each person needs right now.
Background and approach
Her work covers a broad range of concerns including relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, grief, sleep problems, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, career concerns, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses issues like abandonment, attachment, blended family challenges, caregiving stress, codependency, and multicultural concerns. Dr.
Tatum holds licenses as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor noted for Nevada and New Mexico practice. She provides care in English and bases her approach on practical steps people can use between sessions. People who choose her often want clear tools and steady support while they work through life changes.
She helps clients test new behaviors, track progress, and adjust plans as needed. Starting therapy is framed as a collaborative process where small, consistent efforts lead the way.
How CBT and online formats help with anxiety
Dr. Tatum uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a practical approach that helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. CBT is often used for anxiety, stress, depression, sleep problems, and coping with life changes and can include simple exercises to practice between sessions.Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and daily routines and adapt strategies as progress is tracked. Together they decide which techniques fit best and adjust plans if something is not helping.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth or camera use is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging can support brief check-ins or ongoing skill practice. These options can make it easier to fit therapy into workdays, caregiving schedules, or times when shorter, more frequent contact helps progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- New Mexico, Nevada
- Languages
- English
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