- Years in practice
- 18
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- LGBT
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Michelle
Michelle Adler is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with 18 years of clinical experience. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, LGBT-related concerns, relationship and intimacy questions, parenting challenges, and mood or attention differences. Her approach centers on helping clients use their existing strengths while learning new ways to cope.
She aims to make the first step toward change feel achievable and straightforward. Michelle listens closely to each person's story and treats them as an expert in their own life.
Background and approach
She works collaboratively to set clear goals and practical steps. Sessions focus on building skills for managing emotions, improving sleep and eating patterns, and reducing anger or shame. Her background includes nearly two decades of direct clinical work across varied concerns such as ADHD, bipolar conditions, compassion fatigue, and career stress.
Michelle also addresses attachment and abandonment issues, blended family challenges, and first responder stress. She combines this experience to tailor support to each person's situation. When trauma or complicated family history is present, Michelle helps people process painful memories while developing safer coping habits.
For those exploring gender dysphoria or LGBT-related concerns, she offers an affirming space to talk through identity and transition questions. Her work also covers intimacy-related struggles and coaching-style support for life changes. Michelle offers practical, down-to-earth guidance.
She focuses on what can be done between sessions, such as small behavior changes and communication practices. Her goal is steady progress toward greater balance and well-being.
What Michelle works with
Everything Michelle lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Michelle helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- ADHD
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Control issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
How Michelle Uses Practical Approaches Online
Michelle uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and real-life changes. One common approach is skills-based work that teaches emotion regulation, coping tools for anxiety, and strategies to improve sleep and eating habits. These sessions help people manage day-to-day symptoms and build routines that reduce distress.Another frequent emphasis is trauma-informed care, which helps people process painful events at a pace that feels manageable. This work combines careful listening with gradual steps to reduce reactivity and rebuild a sense of safety in daily life. Both approaches are aimed at improving functioning rather than promising a fixed outcome.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility and practical options for different situations. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and body language cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and text messaging is useful for ongoing support between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy family schedule or a strained workday.
Questions people ask about Michelle
What concerns does Michelle commonly address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, LGBT-related concerns, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting matters, mood disorders, ADHD, sleep and eating challenges, and career stress.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and strengths-focused. She listens, helps set clear goals, and uses practical steps clients can try between sessions.
What kind of experience does she bring?
Michelle has 18 years of professional experience working with a wide range of concerns including compassion fatigue, first responder stress, attachment issues, and blended family challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, licensed in Pennsylvania and practices within that state.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Michelle provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling sessions according to therapist availability.
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