About Michelle
Michelle Tufaro is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, grief, and self-esteem. She uses straightforward talk and listening to help people take the first steps toward change. Michelle is based in New Jersey and brings 12 years of experience as an LCSW.
Her sessions aim to be a calm, nonjudgmental place to talk about what feels hard right now. She helps people sort through difficult feelings, address motivation and confidence, and handle life transitions.
How Michelle works
Conversations stay focused on real goals and usable steps. Michelle draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide conversations and tailor support. She works with concerns such as compassion fatigue, addiction, trauma and abuse, and relationship and family stress.
Additional focus areas include caregiver strain, chronic illness, adoption and foster care, fertility and aging issues. She also supports people facing career stress, anger, eating and sleep problems, and decision points like divorce or separation. Michelle addresses co-occurring difficulties such as codependency, addiction, and mood challenges.
Her approach is to listen first, then collaborate on practical strategies. Sessions are conducted in English and can be arranged via online formats. Michelle encourages clients to take small steps and build momentum toward clearer goals and better coping skills.
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
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New Jersey |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Michelle uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and problem solving. One approach emphasizes short-term strategies to manage stress and anxiety, teaching coping skills people can try between sessions to reduce overwhelm and improve daily functioning. Another approach centers on processing loss and grief in manageable steps, helping people make sense of difficult emotions and find ways to remember and move forward. Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist and client discuss needs, goals, and preferences and then agree on a way of working that fits. Plans can be adjusted as progress is made so the approach stays relevant to the person’s life. Online therapy with Michelle offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a fuller interaction is helpful. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule and maintain continuity when life gets in the way.Start online instead of waiting
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