Michele McShea

Michele McShea is a licensed clinical social worker with 19 years of experience helping people work through stress, anxiety, depression, relationship pain, and identity-related concerns. She draws on a range of approaches to help clients build coping skills and strengthen self-worth. Michele aims to make therapy practical and understandable for people who feel stuck or overwhelmed.

Her work focuses on both immediate coping and deeper change. She helps people manage symptoms like anxiety or low mood while also looking at patterns that keep problems returning. Michele uses clear, goal-oriented methods alongside more reflective work about life meaning and past influences.

Clients come for help with relationship issues, intimacy concerns, addictions, grief, family of origin struggles, and issues linked to identity such as LGBT matters. She also addresses abandonment, codependency, body image, and communication problems. Michele combines short-term problem solving with attention to longer-term growth.

Sessions often blend tools that change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with ways to understand repeating patterns. She may use techniques that focus on present-day solutions along with approaches that look at how earlier experiences shape current choices. Michele emphasizes building confidence and practical skills for everyday life.

People who choose her often want a therapist who balances straightforward guidance with thoughtful listening. She frames therapy as a collaborative process and aims to help clients take small, manageable steps toward greater well-being. Michele finds it meaningful to be part of a client's healing journey.

How Michele’s Approaches Work Online

Many clients respond well to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and low mood. CBT gives clear, practical exercises people can use between sessions.

Existential Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and make purposeful choices when life feels uncertain. This approach is useful for coping with big life changes, feelings of emptiness, or questions about identity and meaning.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. Michele helps clients decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as needs evolve. The process is collaborative and focused on what helps a person move forward.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know which online formats are available. Many people find that online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Online work can also let a therapist assign exercises and tools that clients use in their daily routines.