Michelle Coffey, LCSW

Michelle Coffey is a licensed clinical social worker who practices with a person-centered focus. She aims to partner with people to reach practical goals and to find workable steps that fit into daily life. Michelle brings seven years of clinical experience and offers a calm, empathic presence in sessions.

She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and issues with substance use and addictions. She also supports those coping with relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, and challenges tied to chronic medical conditions. Michelle works with clients on concerns such as self-esteem, sleep and eating problems, parenting strain, anger, and career stress.

Her approach emphasizes listening first, then building realistic plans together. Techniques draw from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral strategies, and skills-based practices that can reduce crisis and increase coping. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing also inform sessions when helpful.

Michelle has experience with attachment and abandonment issues, blended family dynamics, and codependency patterns. She also addresses areas like caregiver stress, chronic pain and illness, dissociation, and co-morbid conditions. These are woven into practical goal-setting and skills practice.

Clients and therapists collaborate on pacing and priorities. Sessions focus on small, concrete steps that add up to change over time. To begin, the site’s Start Therapy process collects basic matching information and schedules the first appointment.

How therapeutic approaches shape online care

Client-Centered Therapy centers the person in the room and starts by listening to what matters most. This approach helps people clarify goals and choose directions that fit their values and daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and practicing new skills that reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. CBT is often used for stress, mood concerns, and some addiction-related patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to weigh different methods and to try what fits best. Goals, needs, and personal preferences guide whether sessions emphasize skill practice, motivational work, or mindful awareness.

Because session formats are not listed in the biography, confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. It also makes it simpler to continue work during medical or caregiving demands. Licensed professionals will help structure sessions so the tools learned transfer into everyday routines.