About Michelle
Michelle Ufford is a Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker (LSCSW) in Kansas with 18 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, anger, low self-esteem, and depression. Michelle aims to listen first and work alongside clients as a teammate in their progress.
She uses straightforward, practical methods in sessions. Michelle often employs cognitive-behavioral therapy to spot and change thought patterns that feed anxiety or low mood. She can also weave in mindfulness practices and motivational interviewing when those fit a person's goals.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear, usable skills. Michelle helps clients set realistic goals, then breaks them into manageable steps. She favors short-term tools that make daily life easier, along with strategies that support longer-term change.
Michelle has particular experience supporting children, teens, and young adults and aims to create a calm, respectful space for them to speak. She emphasizes collaboration, so plans are tailored and adjusted as progress is made. Her approach centers on respect, sensitivity, and compassion.
Michelle believes therapy is a process that unfolds with teamwork. She works with each person to build confidence and improve relationships and everyday coping.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Michelle commonly uses cognitive-behavioral therapy, which helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors to reduce anxiety and improve mood. This approach focuses on practical exercises and skills that can be practiced between sessions.She also uses mindfulness techniques to build awareness of thoughts and feelings in the moment, which can lower stress and reduce reactivity. Motivational interviewing is another tool she may use to help people clarify what they want and find internal motivation for change.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels helpful, and then shape sessions to match. Clients and the therapist decide collaboratively which techniques to emphasize and adjust as progress is made.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions are useful when visual connection helps the conversation. Phone sessions are a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in fits the schedule. Live chat or text messaging can support short updates, brief coping strategies, and flexible communication between longer sessions. These options help make therapy fit into busy routines and different life situations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Kansas
- Languages
- English
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