- ACT techniques
- CBT tools
- DBT skills
About Michelle
Michelle Brown is an LCSW with 14 years of clinical experience based in Texas. She works with people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, ADHD, and major life changes. She also focuses on social anxiety and phobia, isolation and loneliness, and issues tied to chronic pain or illness.
Michelle uses straight talk and practical skills in sessions. She draws on approaches such as acceptance and commitment strategies, cognitive behavioral techniques, and elements of attachment-based work. Sessions often include learning concrete coping tools, practicing new ways of responding, and setting small, manageable goals.
Her background blends long-term clinical practice with a focus on everyday problems. Michelle helps people notice patterns that get in the way and then tries out alternative responses. This can mean breaking problems into small steps, tracking what makes symptoms worse, or rehearsing social situations in-session.
She pays attention to how relationships and past experiences affect current stress and mood. That attention can help clarify why certain reactions come up and what might change them. Motivational interviewing and DBT-informed skills are available when people need support with difficult emotions or behavior change.
Michelle frames therapy as collaborative work. She aims to teach practical tools for managing panic, low mood, chronic health strain, shame, and questions about life purpose. To begin, people are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.
How Michelle uses evidence-based approaches online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and choosing actions that match personal values. It can help when worry or avoidance limits everyday life by steering attention to meaningful activities rather than trying to eliminate difficult thoughts.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, behaviors, and feelings. It uses practical exercises like testing unhelpful beliefs and changing behaviors to reduce anxiety and panic symptoms.
Michelle treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process. She will work with each person to figure out which methods fit their goals and preferences. That means trying techniques, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together rather than committing to one model from the start.
If you want to book, confirm the current session options before scheduling since formats were not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It can also let someone choose phone over video when bandwidth is limited or pick times that match a work break. Licensed professionals often combine approaches so the work focuses on real-life problems and practical change rather than theory alone.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
14+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, ADHD, and social anxiety and phobia, plus related concerns like isolation and chronic illness.
What is her general approach in sessions?
Michelle uses practical, skills-based approaches including ACT, CBT, DBT elements, and motivational interviewing to help people change unhelpful patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 14 years of experience as a licensed clinical social worker working with mood, anxiety, and life transition concerns.
What credential and region does she practice in?
She is an LCSW licensed in Texas and practices from that state.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.