About Mishel
Mishel Powell is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Indiana with five years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and issues with self-esteem. Her approach is straightforward and honest, and she aims to meet people where they are.
Mishel tailors conversations and care to each person’s needs. She listens closely and works together with clients to set clear, realistic goals.
Background and approach
She will be direct when needed and avoids making promises she cannot keep. Her work includes supporting people coping with grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, intimacy-related concerns, and sleep or eating difficulties. She also helps those navigating life changes, communication problems, codependency, and questions of life purpose.
Additional focus areas include veteran and armed forces issues, multicultural concerns, narcissism, and women's issues. Mishel uses a mix of approaches to match each client - drawing from client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral ideas, dialectical behavior therapy skills, mindfulness practices, and psychodynamic thinking. That mix lets her combine practical tools with conversation about patterns and meaning.
People who prefer a direct, respectful style often find her way of working helpful. She encourages steady steps and everyday strategies to manage anxiety and stress. Mishel offers a supportive space for people ready to take action toward clearer priorities and healthier routines.
Approaches that translate to online sessions
Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and collaboration. The therapist focuses on understanding each person's experience and responds in a way that respects their pace and preferences. This approach is helpful for people who want a supportive, nonjudgmental space to talk through anxiety or life stress.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It uses concrete exercises and practical strategies to reduce anxious thinking and change unhelpful habits. CBT can be useful for managing panic, worry, sleep problems, and low mood.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, known as DBT, teaches skill-based tools for regulating emotions and handling intense moments. It includes breathing and grounding techniques, distress tolerance, and improved communication skills for relationships and self-management.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Mishel will talk with each person about goals, day-to-day challenges, and preferences, then try methods that fit. That collaborative process helps shape sessions and adjust techniques over time.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how people connect. Video calls act like a face-to-face session, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat lets for brief check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and maintain steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English
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