About Michele
Michele Gayle is a licensed mental health counselor in Washington with six years of clinical experience. She helps people manage stress and anxiety, cope with addictions, and process trauma and abuse. Michele also supports clients navigating depression, bipolar symptoms, grief, and changes at work or home.
Her approach is respectful and direct. She listens first, then tailors conversations and a treatment plan to each person’s situation. Michele emphasizes practical steps people can try between sessions to build momentum and relieve daily strain.
How Michele works
Sessions focus on clear goals and steady progress. Michele helps people address relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strains, anger, and self-esteem concerns. She also works with people facing ADHD, compassion fatigue, and identity-related stress in LGBT communities.
She welcomes a collaborative process where clients shape what gets worked on. Michele explains options plainly and checks in often so goals stay realistic and relevant. The tone in sessions is sensitive, caring, and solution-oriented.
For people worried about starting therapy, she acknowledges that the first step takes courage. Michele offers ongoing support while people practice new skills and adjust to life changes. Her work centers on helping clients find clearer direction and greater day-to-day relief.
What Michele works with
The areas below are the ones Michele selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Washington |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Many people benefit from structured, evidence-based techniques that focus on symptoms and daily functioning. One common approach helps people manage anxiety and stress by teaching practical skills for calming the body and organizing thoughts; it often includes short exercises to practice between sessions. Another approach concentrates on coping with trauma and abuse by helping people process difficult memories at a manageable pace and develop safer ways to handle triggers.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options, listen to the client’s goals, and adjust methods based on what works best. Clients and the therapist decide together which techniques to try and when to change course.
Online therapy offers flexibility and easier scheduling. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations and visual cues, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work, and live chat or text messaging supports quick check-ins or shorter updates between meetings. These formats make it simpler to keep therapy consistent when life is busy or travel is difficult.
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