Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
How Michelle works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Wisconsin
- Years in practice
- 19
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Michelle
Michelle Schmidt is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Wisconsin with 19 years of experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, or anger. Her approach is down-to-earth and focused on practical steps that fit daily life.
She draws on strengths people already have to find workable solutions. Sessions tend to focus on small, achievable changes rather than long lists of tasks.
Background and approach
That approach makes progress feel more manageable for busy people and caregivers. Michelle has worked in outpatient clinics and visited clients in their homes. That hands-on background means she’s used to real-life challenges like parenting strain, caregiving stress, and the hard feelings that come with loss or illness.
She also supports people facing trauma, addiction, bipolar mood concerns, and intimacy-related worries. In sessions she listens for what’s working and builds on it. She uses practical tools from evidence-based therapy to help with coping, self-esteem, forgiveness, and moving through major life changes.
The work is collaborative and paced to the person’s needs. People often come to her for help with family problems, postpartum depression, seasonal mood shifts, or the frustration of caregiving and aging issues. Michelle aims to create steady, useful steps toward feeling more balanced and capable.
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
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Michelle commonly uses strengths-based and solution-focused methods that help people identify what’s already working and build on it. Strengths-based work highlights personal resources and past successes so goals feel achievable. Solution-focused techniques break problems into small, concrete steps and track progress over time to encourage momentum.She also draws on evidence-based tools for coping and mood management that are practical and goal-oriented. Those tools can help with anxiety, grief, anger, caregiving strain, and changes linked to health or aging. Choosing which approach to use is a shared decision; the therapist and client talk through needs, goals, and preferences and adjust the plan as they go.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video lets people work face-to-face without travel, phone can be easier on low bandwidth, live chat and messaging fit quick check-ins or when typing feels more comfortable. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule or keep regular contact while managing caregiving, work, or other commitments.
Questions people ask about Michelle
What concerns does Michelle commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, anger, addiction concerns, parenting and caregiver stress, and other life transitions.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is practical and strengths-focused, emphasizing small, achievable steps and solutions that build on what already works for the person.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 19 years of professional experience working in outpatient settings and visiting clients in their homes.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW - practicing in Wisconsin.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.