About Michele
Michele Koenes is a licensed social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. She uses a calm, collaborative style and listens closely to what matters most to each person. Michele aims to build a trusting space where people can talk about grief, trauma, relationship struggles, or difficulties with sleep and eating.
Michele has 11 years of clinical experience in both inpatient and outpatient settings. She has worked with young adults, adults, and older adults and brings that variety into how she tailors care.
How Michele works
Before clinical work she practiced as a litigation attorney and taught, experiences that shaped how she communicates and advocates. Sessions focus on practical strategies and on understanding patterns that keep problems repeating. Michele draws from approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy to shift unhelpful thoughts and dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotional regulation skills.
She also uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help people clarify values and make steady changes. Michele pays attention to the role of relationships and attachment when emotions feel overwhelming. She helps people untangle family of origin issues, codependency, abandonment concerns, and communication problems.
She also supports those facing chronic illness, caregiving stress, or aging and geriatric issues. People may come for help with addictions, bipolar symptoms, anger, career stress, or compassion fatigue. Michele offers a straightforward, steady presence and helps clients set manageable goals.
The focus is always on what will make daily life feel more livable and meaningful.
Michele lists 10 ways of working on the entry:
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LMSW, LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approach-driven care through online sessions
Michele uses cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to help people change unhelpful thinking and take actions that match their values. CBT focuses on identifying and shifting thought patterns and behaviors that keep problems going, which can help with anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating issues. ACT encourages noticing difficult thoughts and choosing actions that reflect personal values, useful for stress, grief, and coping with life changes.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michele will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide whether to emphasize skill-building, acceptance and values work, or attention to attachment and relationship patterns so care fits real life.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversations and skill practice, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messages allow brief check-ins or ongoing support between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or medical schedules while keeping focus on practical change.
Start online instead of waiting
Our partner service asks a few questions about what you are looking for and matches you with a therapist for sessions from home.
Book with MicheleWe will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.
Common questions
What concerns can Michele help with?
How would you describe Michele's therapy style?
What experience does she bring to sessions?
Where is Michele licensed and based?
Which languages are sessions offered in?
What session formats are available?
How do costs and billing work?
How do I begin working with Michele?
A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. Entries are not assessed or endorsed by this directory.
Other entries for stress, anxiety
Supportive LCSW helping people build strength and clarity
Practical, trauma-aware therapy for everyday life
Practical, relational therapy for life transitions