- Years in practice
- 33
- Credentials
- MN Psychologist
- Licensed in
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Michelle
Michelle Simon is a Minnesota psychologist with 33 years of professional experience. She works with people facing relationship and family strain and helps parents navigate common parenting challenges. She also supports individuals dealing with anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and life transitions.
Her approach blends client-centered care with practical cognitive behavioral techniques. Sessions focus on clear goals and concrete skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Michelle adapts conversations to each person's needs and keeps guidance straightforward and actionable.
Background and approach
She has experience helping people through divorce that involves children, new parenting struggles, and fatherhood questions. She also addresses caregiver stress, issues around commitment or codependency, and communication problems within families. Michelle draws on long experience with the Family Court System and understands how legal matters can affect emotional wellbeing.
She also discusses complementary health options when relevant and appropriate to the client's concerns. Her style is respectful and compassionate. She aims to create a calm space for people to sort through hard feelings and make steady changes.
Parents will find concrete strategies for behavior, boundaries, and managing stress around family life.
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.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Coaching
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Young adult issues
Approaches Michelle lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How her approaches fit online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects concerns, and builds goals together to help with relationship and parenting stress.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and many parenting challenges where clear tools help manage reactions.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful during early sessions. Together they adjust methods over time to find what helps the client make steady progress.
Online sessions offer flexible ways to work between home and work life. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and reading nonverbal cues. Phone sessions take less bandwidth and can fit into a quick break. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins, ongoing support, and written reflections that some people find helpful. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy family schedules and to maintain continuity when life gets hectic.
Questions people ask about Michelle
What kinds of concerns does Michelle address?
She helps with relationship and family issues, parenting challenges, self-esteem, stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and life transitions.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is client-centered with an emphasis on practical cognitive behavioral techniques. Sessions are goal-oriented and focus on skills to change thoughts and behaviors.
What is her professional background?
She has 33 years of professional experience and has worked with people through family conflict, parenting struggles, and court-related issues.
What credentials and location are listed for her?
She is listed as MN Psychologist LP3155 and practices in Minnesota.
Which languages are supported and can international clients work together?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are available for online work?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different scheduling and communication needs.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How does someone get started with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to therapist availability.
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