About Michele
Michele Kahn is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience based in Arizona. She focuses on relationship and intimacy concerns, self-esteem and confidence, career challenges, and coping with major life changes. Michele emphasizes clients' strengths and works alongside them to find practical ways forward.
She believes people are the experts on their own stories and that small changes can add up. Michele draws on a long background in the creative arts to bring varied tools into sessions when those fit.
How Michele works
That can mean using writing, imagery, or other simple exercises to help people notice patterns and try new ways of responding. Michele works with issues that come up across the lifespan, including aging and geriatric concerns, blended family matters, and midlife transitions. She also supports people coping with cancer, postpartum depression, eating and food-related struggles, and mood difficulties.
Practical topics such as money stress and career choices are part of her focus too. Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. Sessions aim to be straightforward and useful, with concrete ideas to try between meetings.
Michele encourages people to build on what already works and to experiment with small steps that fit daily life. Starting therapy is framed as a process rather than a single moment. Michele helps people set clear goals, track progress, and adjust the plan as needed so therapy stays relevant and doable.
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.
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Arizona |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and online care that fit your life
Many clients benefit from practical, evidence-based techniques that focus on changing unhelpful patterns and building useful skills. One common approach helps people identify thoughts and behaviors that get in the way, then try small experiments to shift them. This method is useful for mood struggles, low self-esteem, and managing stress related to work or relationships.Another helpful direction emphasizes exploring relationships and intimacy patterns in everyday life. It looks at how people connect, where misunderstandings happen, and what concrete steps can improve closeness and communication. This approach is often used for relationship concerns and issues around trust or emotional distance.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Michele will work with each person to figure out which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts the plan as progress is made so therapy stays practical and relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to support different schedules and comfort levels. Video lets people meet face to face, phone can be helpful when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on useful change.
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