About Michelle
Michelle Voeller is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of practice based in Hawaii. She focuses on anxiety, stress, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and compassion fatigue. Michelle aims to give clear, calm support while helping people use the strengths they already have.
She listens first and asks practical questions to understand what is most pressing. Sessions often start with what feels most urgent and move toward skills people can use between meetings.
Background and approach
Michelle frames therapy as a collaborative process where the client’s goals guide each step. Her experience includes long-term work with people managing reactions to loss, past trauma, and chronic stress. She also supports people facing caregiver strain, workplace problems, feelings of isolation, and issues around guilt and forgiveness.
Michelle draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address these concerns in straightforward ways. In sessions she offers a steady, accepting presence and real-world suggestions. That might mean learning coping strategies, practicing ways to talk about hard things, or planning small changes that reduce daily pressure.
She emphasizes building tools clients can use on their own. Michelle encourages anyone who feels overwhelmed or stuck to reach out. Beginning therapy can feel intimidating, but she focuses on meeting people where they are and helping them uncover their resilience.
Her practice is rooted in practical support and respect for each person’s story.
How evidence-based techniques fit into online care
Michelle uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and processing past events. One common element is skills-based work that teaches coping strategies for anxiety and stress, such as breathing techniques, grounding exercises, and stepwise problem solving to reduce daily overwhelm. These approaches help when symptoms interfere with work, sleep, or relationships.Another strand involves trauma-informed methods that help people make sense of painful memories and lessen their grip on daily life. This often includes pacing the work, building safety and stability, and integrating new ways to respond to triggers. These techniques are suited to grief, post-traumatic stress, and recovery after abuse.
Choosing the right approach is part of the first conversations. The therapist will work together with each person to identify pressing concerns, try approaches that match goals, and adjust methods as progress is made. That collaborative process helps find what feels most useful.
Online formats offer flexibility for people with busy lives. Video calls let conversations feel more like in-person sessions. Phone sessions can be easier when internet bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow quick check-ins, ongoing support between meetings, and scheduling that fits around work or caregiving duties.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Post-traumatic stress
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Hawaii
- Languages
- English
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