About Michelle
Michelle Zehner is a licensed clinical social worker who brings direct, practical care to people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, and self-esteem struggles. Michelle holds LCSW credentials and is listed as LCSW-C in Maryland. She’s clear and down-to-earth in her approach and aims to make starting therapy feel possible for someone under pressure.
Michelle creates a calm space where clients can speak openly about what’s on their mind. She listens without rush and helps sort what matters most.
How Michelle works
Sessions focus on real problems and steps that can be tried between meetings. Her work includes trauma-related concerns and she uses EMDR, an approach that helps process distressing memories. She also uses client-centered methods that emphasize the client’s goals, and motivational interviewing to boost readiness for change.
These approaches are mixed to fit the person in front of her rather than applied the same way for everyone. Michelle has four years of professional experience and practices in Pennsylvania. She supports people with a wide range of issues including relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, addictions, bipolar challenges, compassion fatigue, and life transitions.
Additional focuses include body image, hoarding, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and post-traumatic stress. She offers straightforward guidance and practical coping tools. Michelle works collaboratively to set small, achievable goals and to track progress over time.
Getting started is framed as a first step toward feeling steadier.
Michelle lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Michelle works with
The areas below are the ones Michelle selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCSW, MD, LCSW-C |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Pennsylvania |
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Online support options
Online approaches that focus on healing and change
Client-Centered Therapy centers each session on the person’s priorities and lived experience. The therapist listens attentively, reflects what she hears, and helps people set their own goals for change. This approach works well for building trust and clarifying what matters most.Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is a method used to help process painful or traumatic memories. It involves guided techniques to reduce the intensity of traumatic reactions and can be useful for people struggling with post-traumatic stress and past abuse. Motivational Interviewing is a short-term, conversational method that helps people find their own reasons to make changes, often used with addiction, ambivalence, or behavior shifts.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and try approaches that fit a person’s needs and preferences. Together they will set goals and adjust methods as progress is made. Therapy is collaborative and paced to the individual.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls support face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Chat and messaging allow shorter check-ins and ongoing written exchanges between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
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