Michelle Evans

Michelle Evans is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 18 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, trauma, addiction, and life changes. She uses clear, down-to-earth language and focuses on practical ways to cope. Michelle aims to make sessions feel like a place to talk things through and find realistic steps forward.

She trained with a Master of Arts in Counseling and has worked in a range of settings including foster care, residential programs, independent living homes, and substance use treatment. That breadth of experience shapes how she tailors support to each person’s situation. She also has experience working with adults and children in different treatment contexts.

Michelle draws from several therapy approaches to fit each person’s needs. She uses client-centered work to follow what matters most to the client, cognitive behavioral techniques to challenge unhelpful thinking, and dialectical behavior strategies for emotion regulation and coping. Motivational interviewing is used when people want help finding internal motivation to change.

Her sessions focus on practical skills, steady support, and making plans you can use outside the room. She pays attention to attachment and relationship patterns, communication and control issues, and common struggles like codependency, impulsivity, and caregiver stress. Michelle aims to help people build routines and coping tools that make daily life more manageable.

People interested in coaching-style work or help with ADHD, self-esteem, or substance use will find those areas included in her practice. She asks questions, listens, and works collaboratively to set goals that fit the client’s life and priorities.

How therapy approaches work online

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s priorities and moves at their pace. Online sessions using this approach let the therapist follow what matters most and adjust goals as needed. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns. Online CBT commonly uses thought records, behavioral experiments, and practical homework between sessions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers hands-on tools for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. In a DBT-informed online format, clients can learn specific skills like distress tolerance and emotion regulation and practice them between meetings.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or has not worked in the past. Together they decide whether client-centered work, CBT, DBT, or a mix will fit best and then adjust the plan as progress is made.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life, reduce travel time, and let people use shorter check-ins when needed. It can also help maintain continuity of care when schedules or locations change, while the therapist and client focus on practical skills and problem solving that transfer into daily routines.