Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
- Depression
How Michelle works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCPC, LPC
- Licensed in
- Illinois, Arizona
- Years in practice
- 17
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Michelle
Michelle Owusu is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 17 years of experience. She offers a calm, accepting presence for people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anger, anxiety, or life changes. Her approach is practical and down to earth, focused on helping clients take small steps that add up to better days.
Michelle centers therapy on building trust and understanding. She uses evidence-based techniques to help people talk through relationship worries, grief, trauma, or struggles with mood and addiction.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear strategies as well as space to process feelings. Many clients seek help for communication problems, control and commitment issues, or challenges tied to parenting and blended families. Michelle also supports people navigating sexuality, LGBT concerns, postpartum mood changes, and multicultural stressors.
She helps with career strain, compassion fatigue, and the everyday effects of ADHD. In sessions she balances skill-building with active listening. That can mean practicing new ways to respond in tense moments, setting small goals, or learning coping methods for intense emotion like anger and anxiety.
The work is collaborative and paced to fit each person’s needs. Michelle practices from Arizona and works with adults who want straightforward help making changes. She aims to make therapy useful, approachable, and relevant to real life.
What Michelle works with
Everything Michelle lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Michelle's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
How practical therapy and online sessions fit together
Michelle uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and clear steps people can use right away. One common approach teaches emotion regulation and coping skills to manage intense feelings like anger and anxiety; it helps with quick grounding and reducing impulsive reactions. Another approach focuses on communication and attachment-related patterns to improve how people relate to partners, family, and coworkers; that work helps identify old patterns and try new ways of connecting.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss your goals, try methods that match your needs, and adjust as you go. Together you’ll track what helps most and shift strategies when something isn’t working.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful when you want face-to-face interaction and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit shorter check-ins or times when bandwidth is limited. Chat or text messaging works well for ongoing support between sessions or for people who prefer writing to speaking. These formats make it easier to schedule care around work, family, or busy days while keeping the focus on practical change and steady progress.
Questions people ask about Michelle
What kinds of problems does she address?
She helps people manage stress, anxiety, anger, depression, relationship and family concerns, addictions, grief, trauma, and related issues such as intimacy or career stress.
What is her general therapy style?
Therapy is collaborative and practical. She listens, helps you name what matters, and teaches tools to change reactions and behavior.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 17 years of experience as a counselor working with a wide range of life concerns and cultural backgrounds.
Where is she licensed and located?
She holds LCPC and LPC credentials and practices from Arizona. Licensing details are LCPC and LPC as listed.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to therapist availability.