- Focus on practical steps
- Warm conversational style
- Values-based work
About Michele
Michele Howard is a licensed marriage and family therapist in North Carolina who helps people facing stress and anxiety. She supports those coping with relationship strain, family conflict, intimacy concerns, and depression. She also addresses specific worries like abandonment, attachment issues, communication problems, and panic disorder and panic attacks. Michele aims to make beginning therapy a manageable step for anyone feeling uncertain.
Michele keeps sessions straightforward and conversational. She creates space for people to talk about what matters to them without judgment. She focuses on practical steps clients can try between sessions, such as small behavior changes and ways to notice unhelpful thinking patterns.
Her approach draws on several therapy styles to match each person’s needs. Michele uses elements from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice thoughts and make values-based choices. She also incorporates Attachment-Based ideas and Emotionally-Focused Therapy when relationship patterns and closeness are central concerns.
With three years of experience as an LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - Michele has worked with a range of common life stresses, including pregnancy and childbirth transitions. She welcomes questions about how therapy might fit into a person's life and encourages an honest, gradual start.
For a first step, she asks people to complete a brief matching questionnaire and then schedule according to availability. This helps make sure initial sessions focus on practical goals and immediate coping strategies.
How Michele’s Approaches Shape Online Work
Michele commonly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. ACT focuses on helping people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values, which can be useful for anxiety and life transitions. CBT looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers concrete strategies to change patterns that worsen panic and stress.She treats finding the right approach as a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try first. Plans can be adjusted over time based on what helps and what feels manageable for the client.
Confirm current session options before booking so you know how meetings are scheduled. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy routine, reduce travel time, and allow quicker check-ins when stress or panic spikes. It can also let people choose shorter or more frequent touchpoints if that matches their needs. Michele helps clients shape a schedule and session style that fits their everyday life.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
3+ years
Listed in
North Carolina
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does Michele help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, intimacy issues, and depression. She also focuses on abandonment, attachment, communication, panic disorder and panic attacks, and pregnancy and childbirth transitions.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Michele uses a straightforward, conversational approach that emphasizes practical steps. She helps people notice thoughts and try small behavior changes between sessions.
What is her background and experience?
She holds a North Carolina LMFT credential and has three years of professional experience working in clinical settings.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is licensed as an LMFT in North Carolina and bases her practice there.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.