About Michelle
Michelle Gross is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor with 20 years of experience supporting people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, ADHD, addictions, and life changes. She uses clear, practical steps to help people manage day-to-day struggles and reach personal goals. Michelle writes in simple terms and focuses on what someone can do between sessions to feel better.
Michelle earned a master’s degree in counseling and an MBA from Wake Forest University.
How Michelle works
Her career has included roles in schools, universities, corporations, and independent practice. That range gives her a practical perspective on how work, family roles, and daily routines affect mood and functioning. Her approach centers on listening closely and tailoring plans to each person’s strengths.
She blends Client-Centered work with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools when they fit the situation. Michelle also uses mindfulness and motivational interviewing to help people notice patterns and build new habits. She has particular experience helping people with ADHD develop coping strategies and organizational systems that fit how their brains work.
Michelle also supports people dealing with trauma, grief, eating and sleeping concerns, anger, and caregiver stress. She helps professionals focus, set priorities, and delegate more effectively. Sessions aim to turn insight into action through small, doable steps.
Michelle emphasizes self-awareness, honest connection, and practical skills so progress can continue after sessions end.
Michelle lists 8 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
How Michelle’s approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding a person’s experience and building a working relationship that follows their pace. It helps when someone needs a supportive space to sort priorities and feel heard. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches simple exercises to change unhelpful patterns; it can be useful for anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating concerns.Finding the right approach is collaborative. Michelle will listen to goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust plans together as needs change. She often mixes listening-based work with targeted CBT or DBT strategies so people get both understanding and hands-on tools.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect: video calls for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions when video is not convenient, live chat for quick check-ins, and text messaging for ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving, or busy days and let people choose what feels most practical for regular follow-through.
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