- ACT and CBT
- Attachment focus
- Client-centered care
About Michele
Michele Koenes is an LMSW, LCSW with 11 years of experience practicing in Michigan. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem struggles, addictions, relationship problems, sleep and eating issues, parenting stresses, anger, career questions, bipolar and depression, ADHD, and related challenges.
Michele has worked in both inpatient and outpatient settings. She has experience with young adults, adults, and older adults. Before clinical practice she also spent time as a litigation attorney and as a teacher, roles that inform how she listens and explains things.
Her way of working is collaborative and responsive. She pays attention to each person’s personality and pace, and she helps people set goals that feel realistic. Sessions focus on practical steps and discussion suited to what the client needs right now.
Michele uses several clinical approaches to guide sessions, including acceptance-focused work, attachment-based ideas, client-centered methods, cognitive-behavioral strategies, and skills from dialectical behavior approaches. These methods are used to address anxiety, mood changes, relationship patterns, and coping skills for stress and trauma.
Clients can expect a straightforward conversation about what’s troubling them and clear strategies to try between sessions. Michele emphasizes working together to find what fits each person’s life and priorities.
She practices in Michigan and conducts sessions in English. For initial steps, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session to get started.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Michele commonly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and choosing actions that match personal values. It can help with anxiety, avoidance, and getting back to meaningful activities. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people recognize and change recurring interaction styles that affect relationships and trust. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thinking patterns and tests them with practical behavioral experiments and skills, which is useful for anxiety, mood challenges, and sleep or eating concerns.Finding the right approach is usually a joint process. Michele will work with the client to try methods and adjust based on what feels most helpful. The plan may include skill practice, short experiments between sessions, and reviewing results together to refine the approach.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten check-ins when needed, and allow conversations without travel time. Licensed professionals can use online sessions to guide practice, teach skills, and review real-life experiments so therapy can fit around everyday life.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
11+ years
Listed in
Michigan, California, New Hampshire
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, addictions, relationship and family concerns, mood conditions like bipolar and depression, ADHD, and related issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and responsive; she pays attention to each person's pace and personality and combines discussion with practical strategies.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 11 years of clinical experience in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
What credentials does she hold and where does she practice?
She holds LMSW and LCSW credentials and practices in Michigan.
Are sessions available in other languages or for international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
Which session formats does she offer?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific session formats.
How does cost work for sessions?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.