Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
How Michelle works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LICSW
- Licensed in
- Minnesota
- Years in practice
- 28
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Michelle
Michelle Wincell OLeary is a licensed independent clinical social worker with 28 years of experience. She helps people manage stress, anger, anxiety, depression, and career or life transitions. She offers practical support for self-esteem, coping with change, compassion fatigue, and grief.
Michelle takes a warm, person-centered approach in sessions. She listens without judgment and centers each conversation on the individual’s needs. She uses simple tools like mindfulness, coaching techniques, and focused conversation to help people notice what matters and take small steps forward.
Background and approach
Her background includes long work in community and organizational settings in Minnesota. That history shapes her interest in resilience, workplace concerns, and supporting people affected by significant local events. She invites clients to bring their real-life context into sessions so solutions fit daily routines.
Sessions can include meditation practices, guided reflection, motivational interviewing, and problem-focused planning. Michelle uses techniques that help people increase confidence, manage strong feelings, and clarify goals. She also supports people exploring spirituality, meaning, and personal growth.
Clients describe practical takeaways from sessions, such as clearer decision steps, stress reduction strategies, and tools for handling difficult conversations. Michelle emphasizes small, doable changes that build back confidence and calm. She encourages curiosity, self-kindness, and steady progress.
Michelle works in Minnesota and conducts sessions in English. To begin, people follow a simple online matching process to connect and schedule sessions according to availability.
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
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Abandonment
- Communication problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Phobias
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Approaches Michelle lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Michelle commonly blends client-centered work with mindfulness and motivational interviewing. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and following the person’s lead to help them feel heard and make choices that fit their values. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and manage strong emotions like anger and anxiety. Motivational interviewing uses gentle questions to help people find their own reasons to change and build confidence for next steps.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has worked or not worked before. Together they will try methods and adjust the plan based on what feels most helpful and achievable.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video works well for deeper conversations and shared exercises. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can be useful for quick check-ins, short coaching-style support, or when someone prefers typing. These options help people keep therapy consistent around their daily schedules.
Questions people ask about Michelle
What concerns does Michelle commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, career questions, grief, compassion fatigue, self-esteem, and coping with life changes.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her style is person-centered and collaborative. She listens without judgment and uses practical exercises to build skills and clarity.
How much experience does she have?
Michelle has 28 years of professional experience working in clinical and community settings.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a LICSW - licensed independent clinical social worker - practicing in Minnesota.
Which languages are supported and can she work with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to start therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session based on therapist availability.