- Person-centered support
- Mindfulness-based tools
- Actionable steps
About Michelle
Michelle Gutierrez is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who helps adults navigate stressful life changes and emotional setbacks. She focuses on building self-esteem, managing anxiety, and finding practical ways to move forward when life feels overwhelming.
Her work emphasizes a collaborative, person-centered style. Sessions center on listening first, then building small steps clients can try between meetings. Michelle uses mindfulness and behavior-focused tools to reduce worry and improve emotional balance.
She draws on acceptance and commitment approaches and cognitive-behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose different actions. Dialectical skills are used when emotions feel intense and communication strategies help with relationship strain and codependency issues.
Michelle has five years of experience supporting people through transitions such as caregiving stress, work changes, and recovery from shame or isolation. She also lists panic disorder and panic attacks among her focus areas and works with social anxiety and phobia, depression, and issues around identity and self-love.
Sessions aim to turn insight into concrete plans. Clients practice boundary setting, forgiveness exercises, and self-care routines that fit their daily life. Michelle works in Texas and provides services in English, helping people shape goals that reflect their values.
Approaches for online work and lasting change
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choosing actions that match your values; it is useful for anxiety, stress, and feeling stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to reduce worry and shift unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness Therapy trains attention and simple awareness practices to lower reactivity and support everyday calm.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Michelle will work with each person to figure out which combination of ACT, CBT, mindfulness, or other skills fits best. This is a collaborative effort that adapts as goals change.
If you prefer online sessions, confirm the specific session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and remove travel time so practicing skills between sessions is simpler. Licensed professionals can guide you through techniques for panic, anxiety, and stress in a way that suits your routine and goals.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
5+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Michelle commonly help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship struggles, depression, and coping with life changes, including panic disorder and panic attacks.
What is Michelle's therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and person-centered, combining mindfulness, acceptance-based ideas, and practical behavior-focused tools to create small, doable steps.
How much experience does she bring?
Michelle has five years of experience working with adults through transitions and emotional challenges.
What credentials and region does she practice in?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing in Texas.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Michelle?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.