Michele Heyman , LPCC, LPC

Michele Heyman is a licensed professional counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She supports people facing life transitions, low self-esteem, career questions, grief, trauma, and intimacy-related struggles. Michele works with clients who want practical strategies and steady support as they make changes.

She brings 19 years of counseling experience across community and clinical settings. Michele focuses on clear, direct conversation and collaborative planning. She listens first, then helps people set small, doable goals that fit their lives.

Michele uses approaches that emphasize values, present-focused work, and skills practice. She often draws on acceptance and commitment ideas, cognitive behavioral tools, and client-centered conversation to help people notice patterns and try new responses. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are also part of her toolkit when they suit a person's needs.

Sessions are tailored to each person's situation and paced to match readiness for change. Michele aims to create a space where people can talk honestly about family issues, body image, codependency, parenting stress, and problems rooted in past relationships. She also supports those dealing with eating and sleeping concerns, compassion fatigue, and the effects of trauma.

Clients who prefer direct feedback and clear next steps often find her style helpful. Michele describes herself as open, honest, and grateful, and she works respectfully with people from many backgrounds to help them move toward more satisfying daily life.

How Michele’s Approaches Work Online

Michele regularly draws on acceptance and commitment ideas to help people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values. This approach is useful for anxiety, low motivation, and life transitions because it focuses on action aligned with personal goals.

She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thought patterns and try alternative behaviors. CBT-style work often includes short at-home exercises and practical skills to reduce worry and improve mood.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Michele talks with each person about goals and preferences, then adjusts techniques as sessions progress. She helps people test what works and changes the plan when needed so the work stays relevant and doable.

Online therapy offers a flexible way to fit counseling into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging supports brief check-ins or ongoing coaching between meetings. These options make it simpler to keep momentum and practice skills in everyday situations, while fitting sessions into work, family, or caregiving schedules.