With almost 30 years of clinical and pastoral/Biblical counseling experience, Michelle is considered an expert in child and adolescent treatment and offers parent consults to assist parents in a thorough treatment plan and finding the right counselor. Treatment focus includes individuals, couples, adolescents and their families (Michelle developed a crisis counseling program for a large school district and has experience regarding educational advocacy, trauma, grief and addiction. She also provided services for an inpatient treatment center specializing in trauma). She has extensive experience treating depression, anxiety, ADHD, relational struggles and addiction in clients of all ages. As a previous educator of 15 years and homeschool mom, she also works with educators, administrators and homeschool families. Michelle also offers consults and counseling for attorneys, healthcare providers, ministry leaders, and mental health professionals.
She is a seasoned marriage counselor having been trained in person by leaders such as John Gottman, Harville Hendricks, and Sue Johnson. She offers limited numbers of couples counseling intensives. Michelle also loves working with clients over 60 and is EMDR trained also offering trauma intensives and offers Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy Intensives to actively engaged clients on Fridays and Saturdays.
She also offers Christian life coaching and high conflict coparenting consults by phone or Telehealth for client convenience. Another specialization is executive and entrepreneurial coaching for well developed clients wishing to grow, be more productive, or going through a company or life transition. Michelle serves on the faculty of the International Christian Coaching Institute as a Master Level Certified Life Coach and mentor coach for those pursuing certification.
