About Michelle
Michelle Velez is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) with 14 years of clinical experience. She focuses on common concerns like anxiety, stress, depression, relationships, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Michelle aims to meet people where they are and help them take the next practical steps.
She takes a straightforward, compassionate approach in sessions. Michelle listens for patterns that keep people stuck, then helps them try new ways of thinking and acting.
Background and approach
Sessions often focus on building coping skills, improving communication, and increasing day-to-day resilience. Michelle pays attention to how past experiences shape current reactions. She works with issues such as attachment wounds, abandonment, codependency, and the effects of addiction or domestic violence.
In conversation she helps people name what feels difficult and practice healthier responses. Her work includes addressing workplace stress and women’s issues from a multicultural perspective. Michelle supports people managing caregiver stress, relationship challenges, and major life transitions.
She aims to make progress in small, manageable steps that fit a person’s life. Therapy with Michelle is collaborative and practical. She helps clients set clear goals, try specific strategies, and notice what changes.
Sessions are intended to be respectful and direct, so people leave with ideas they can use between visits.
Approaches for anxiety and life changes online
Michelle uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to each person. One common approach helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that fuel anxiety and low mood. It teaches practical tools for stress reduction and problem solving, and is useful for daily anxiety and coping with life changes.Another focus is on understanding attachment and relationship patterns. This work looks at how early experiences shape reactions in relationships and helps people practice new communication and boundary skills. It can be helpful for improving connection and reducing repeated relationship pain.
Choosing the right approach happens together. The therapist and client will discuss goals, try strategies, and adjust the plan based on what proves helpful. The process is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and richer interaction. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging offer flexibility for ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different life demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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