About Michelle
Michelle Schmidt greets people with a practical, strength-focused approach. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 19 years of experience based in Wisconsin. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, trauma and other hard situations.
Michelle aims to make first steps feel manageable and clear. Michelle draws on work in outpatient clinics and in clients' homes to offer down-to-earth support. She centers on each person's strengths and past successes to build options for change.
How Michelle works
Sessions look at what is working now and how to expand those skills into daily life. She offers help with many concerns that can feel overwhelming, including addictions, parenting pressures, caregiving stress, bipolar challenges, and issues around intimacy and self-worth. She also assists people coping with aging and end-of-life topics, postpartum mood changes, and seasonal mood shifts.
Michelle uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to set concrete goals and try practical strategies between sessions. She focuses on steps that people can test and adjust over time. Progress is tracked in simple, realistic ways so people see what helps.
Her style is supportive and solution-minded. She encourages people to use their own resources while providing guidance when things get stuck. The aim is clearer choices, better daily routines, and more confidence handling life changes.
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
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 19 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Wisconsin |
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Online support options
How evidence-based methods work online
Michelle uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on strengths and clear steps. One common approach she uses emphasizes identifying and building on what already works in a person's life, then creating small, practical solutions to current problems. This helps with stress, relationship strain, and everyday coping challenges. Another approach she applies concentrates on setting specific goals and testing short experiments between sessions. Those experiments are simple actions or changes you can try and then review together, useful for anxiety, depression, and motivation problems. Finding the right way to work is a collaborative process. Michelle will talk with each person about needs, goals, and preferences and then suggest approaches to try. She adjusts methods over time based on what is most helpful. Online therapy offers real flexibility for people with busy schedules or limited travel options. Video calls let you see facial cues and share materials, phone sessions can fit a quick check-in or lower bandwidth needs, and live chat or text messaging allow shorter exchanges and ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing everyday demands.Start online instead of waiting
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