- Years in practice
- 20
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Michele
Michele San Martin is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 20 years of experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, and parenting challenges. She centers sessions on each person’s goals and strengths, and she supports people through moments that feel overwhelming or stuck. She works from a belief that the client is the expert on their own life.
Michele listens for what matters most and then collaborates on clear, practical steps forward.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on small changes that add up to better daily functioning and clearer decisions. Michele blends talking and practical exercises. She uses approaches that include client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral ideas to shift thought patterns, and solution-focused strategies to set achievable goals.
Mindfulness tools are offered for stress, and exploration of deeper themes is available when people want it. Her background spans community and clinical settings across Texas. That variety has given her experience with trauma, relationship difficulties, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, chronic illness, and life transitions.
She brings two decades of steady practice to each session. People who come to Michele can expect an approachable tone and straightforward planning. She helps with coping skills for sleep, anger, and anxiety, and with practical support around parenting and family concerns.
The work aims to leave people feeling more capable and less overwhelmed.
What Michele works with
Everything Michele lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Michele helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Michele lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- 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 translate to online care
Michele often uses client-centered therapy, which means sessions focus on listening closely and following the client's priorities. This approach helps people feel heard and leads to practical steps they want to try. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, targets unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns with clear exercises and homework to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, and manage mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michele will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then suggest ways of working together. That choice is collaborative and can change over time as needs evolve.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for longer sessions and fuller conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers a shorter check-in option, and text messaging lets people share thoughts between sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and let people fit therapy into busy family and work routines.
Questions people ask about Michele
What concerns does Michele commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, grief, anger, sleep problems, and career or life-change issues.
What is Michele's therapy style like?
Her style is collaborative and approachable. She listens closely, helps set small goals, and blends talk with practical exercises to reduce symptoms and improve daily life.
How long has Michele been practicing?
She has 20 years of professional work experience providing counseling in a variety of settings across Texas.
What credentials and location are listed for Michele?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, credentialed as TX LPC, and practices in Texas.
Which languages are used in sessions and can she work internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
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 Michele?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to the therapist's availability.
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