About Michelle
Michelle Velez is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) based in Ohio with 14 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, and challenges in relationships. Her work also includes supporting those facing self-esteem struggles and major life changes.
She focuses on practical steps that people can use day to day. Sessions often look at communication patterns, coping skills, and ways to manage strong emotions.
How Michelle works
Michelle encourages small, achievable changes that add up over time. Michelle pays attention to how past attachments and relationship patterns affect present life. She addresses concerns such as abandonment, attachment issues, and codependency in clear, straightforward language.
She also works with people coping with addiction, dissociation, and the fallout from domestic violence or separation. Her approach values cultural context and the realities of work and family life. Michelle aims to help people strengthen self-love, rebuild connections, and increase resilience.
She offers a calm, nonjudgmental space for people to talk and make sense of difficult experiences. Sessions are offered in English and delivered online through several formats. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling an initial appointment.
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
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LISW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Michelle uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on changing unhelpful patterns and building coping skills. One common approach emphasizes practical coping strategies for anxiety and stress, teaching tools people can use during tense moments and in everyday life. Another approach looks at attachment and relationship patterns to help people understand how past experiences shape current relationships and communication. These methods are aimed at improving emotion regulation, communication, and self-esteem.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms, and preferences, and then suggest a plan. This is a collaborative process and plans can be adjusted as progress is made.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation when bandwidth permits. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when video is difficult and live chat or messaging work well for brief check-ins or when flexibility is needed. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to maintain continuity of care regardless of location.
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