About Michelle
Michelle Walsh uses a client-centered approach and mindfulness techniques to help people cope with emotional and life challenges. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, with 11 years of experience working in clinical and community settings. Michelle speaks plain, direct language and focuses on building a trusting relationship first.
She aims to help clients find practical tools they can use between sessions. Michelle has worked in independent practice, outpatient mental health clinics, and a homeless shelter.
How Michelle works
She has provided both group and individual therapy and has experience supporting veterans and their family members. Over her career she has helped people facing depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, PTSD, and substance use concerns. Her approach emphasizes listening, acceptance, and collaborative goal setting.
Mindfulness practices such as meditation are woven into sessions when they fit the client’s needs. Michelle also draws on holistic ideas to support rest, coping skills, and self-care. Clients commonly bring concerns about stress, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting strain, sleep problems, and career stress.
She also addresses chronic pain, domestic violence, postpartum depression, panic attacks, and issues related to pregnancy and childbirth. Michelle works with LGBTQ clients and people navigating recovery and addiction. She describes therapy as a team effort and helps clients identify realistic steps to try outside sessions.
Her practice is based in New Jersey and she offers a practical, down-to-earth style for people looking for support.
Michelle lists 2 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.
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New Jersey |
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Online support options
Client-centered and Mindfulness Approaches Online
Michelle uses client-centered therapy to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where the person leads the conversation and the therapist follows. This approach is helpful for people coping with stress, depression, relationship concerns, and the ripple effects of trauma because it centers the client's priorities and strengths.She also integrates mindfulness therapy, teaching simple breathing and grounding techniques and brief meditation exercises. Mindfulness helps with anxiety, sleep problems, panic, and managing strong emotions by training attention and reducing reactivity.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Michelle will talk with clients about their goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped in the past. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust them over time based on what works.
Online therapy in her practice is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits the day. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief updates, quick coaching, or flexible support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, and other life responsibilities.
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