About Michelle
Michelle Lehto Flores is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with nine years of experience. She holds a master’s degree in Forensic Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Michelle draws on her own lived experience to relate to clients facing mental health and addiction challenges.
Her style is warm, direct, and focused on practical steps forward. Michelle helps people dealing with addictions, anger, low self-esteem, bipolar disorder, and depression.
How Michelle works
She also addresses blended family issues, communication problems, and co-occurring conditions. Other areas she works with include trauma-related concerns like disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, substance use, and feelings of isolation or paranoia. Sessions emphasize clear goals and skill building.
Michelle uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to teach coping strategies, improve mood regulation, and strengthen problem-solving. She also uses solution-focused methods to identify immediate changes that make daily life easier. Her background in forensic psychology informs a practical approach to money and legal stress, immigration-related worries, and complex family dynamics.
Michelle values a nonjudgmental tone and respects each person’s pace when working toward change. She aims to help people regain a sense of direction and purpose. Therapy can include short-term work or longer-term support depending on needs.
Michelle offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences. All sessions are conducted in English and take place with her Illinois LCPC credential.
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.
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches for online care
Michelle uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that worsen mood or anxiety. CBT is useful for depression, anxiety, and many mood-related problems because it teaches concrete skills to shift thinking patterns.She also employs solution-focused techniques that zero in on small, practical changes. These methods help people set short-term goals and notice quick improvements in daily life, which can be motivating during stressful times.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michelle will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That process can include trying different techniques and adjusting plans based on what helps most.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different schedules. Video is good for a full session with visual cues, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat fits short check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to maintain momentum between sessions.
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