About Michelle
Michelle Emode is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) who combines practical, talk-based approaches to help people face stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, and depression. She focuses on clear goals, steady support, and helping people find skills that fit their lives. Her language is direct and warm, and she aims to make sessions feel understandable and useful for everyday problems.
Michelle draws on client-centered work to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space.
How Michelle works
She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and try new, concrete behaviors. Motivational interviewing is part of her approach when people want help making sustained changes. Over six years she has provided individual and group counseling in New York.
Much of her experience involves supporting people who face substance use and process addictions, and exploring the emotions underneath those behaviors. She also addresses relationship strain, parenting stress, grief, postpartum depression, and adjustment after major life changes. Michelle pays attention to how culture, immigration, and discrimination shape a person’s experience.
She works with issues like seasonal affective disorder, anger, intimacy concerns, and low self-esteem. Her practical focus is on skills people can use between sessions to cope with daily challenges. The first sessions center on building a working relationship and setting clear goals together.
From there she uses short-term, solution-focused steps alongside deeper narrative work when people want to make meaning of past events. Sessions are offered in English and are available to international clients.
Michelle lists 6 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
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship. Online sessions use the same focus on understanding a person’s perspective and setting goals that feel right for them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets specific thoughts and behaviors with practical exercises and homework that translate well to video or messaging formats. Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change and works well across phone calls and live chat when people need help boosting motivation.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Michelle reviews a person’s goals, preferences, and what has worked in the past, then suggests a path to try together. She adjusts techniques over time based on progress and feedback so the work stays relevant to each person’s needs.
Online therapy offers flexible options to fit different schedules and situations. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions can be easier when internet bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging suit short check-ins, quick reflections, or people who prefer writing over speaking. These formats make regular work on goals more practical for busy lives.
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