Michelle Gross, LCMHC

Michelle Gross is a licensed clinical mental health counselor with 20 years of experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, and changes in work or family life. Michelle also supports people with ADHD, grief, depression, and challenges around intimacy and self-esteem.

She takes a practical, down-to-earth approach. Sessions focus on clear strategies and small steps clients can use right away. Michelle values self-awareness and honest conversation as tools for change. She draws on coaching skills when clients want help with career goals and task management.

Michelle’s background includes counseling, coaching, and work in schools, universities, corporations, and private practice. That variety shapes how she tailors goals and homework for each person. She combines talk-based methods with hands-on exercises to build new habits.

Clients can expect a mix of skill teaching and exploration of life patterns. Michelle often uses methods from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to change unhelpful thinking and cope with intense emotions. Motivational interviewing and mindfulness techniques are used to support readiness for change and calm attention.

She also brings an understanding of organizational systems to help entrepreneurs and professionals manage priorities, delegate, and finish tasks more effectively. Michelle aims to turn insight into action so clients can make steady progress toward their goals.

How her approaches translate to online work

Michelle often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT focuses on practical exercises and short experiments clients can try between sessions to see what helps with mood, anxiety, or addictive urges.

She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy to teach skills for managing intense emotions and improving emotion regulation. DBT-style techniques include attention to distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness useful for relationship and impulse concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Michelle will work collaboratively to identify which methods match a person’s goals, needs, and preferences. Together they set priorities and adjust the plan as progress is made.

The biography does not specify which online session formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten commute time, or choose a quieter time for check-ins. Therapists can use session time for skills teaching, planning, and brief coaching between visits to support steady progress.