Michelle Powell , LPC

Michelle Powell is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Georgia with 25 years of experience. She works with people facing anxiety, depression, grief, stress, and parenting challenges. Her approach aims to help clients find clearer direction and greater day-to-day balance.

She uses a client-centered style that respects each person's experience. Michelle also draws on cognitive behavioral methods to help people notice and change thoughts that get in the way. Sessions are tailored to the individual rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.

In practice she focuses on everyday problems like sleep struggles, low self-esteem, anger, and relationship strain. Michelle also supports people coping with major life changes, caregiving stress, compassion fatigue, and issues tied to aging. She works with concerns that include ADHD, bipolar disorder, and obsessive-compulsive patterns.

Her counseling emphasizes building skills that people can use outside sessions. That might mean learning simple strategies for managing worry, practicing new communication habits, or developing routines that improve sleep and mood. Michelle encourages clients to set goals and try small steps toward them.

People who prefer a respectful, down-to-earth therapist often find this style helpful. Michelle aims to promote autonomy and mutual respect in the work. She invites prospective clients to consider what they want to change and to schedule an initial session.

Therapeutic approaches for online care

Michelle commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice what matters to them and take small actions toward those values despite difficult thoughts or feelings. It can help with stress, life transitions, and finding direction.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people spot patterns of thinking that fuel anxiety or depression and then practice different ways of thinking and behaving. It is practical for sleep issues, worry, mood problems, and managing compulsive thoughts.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to pick methods that match their goals, preferences, and day-to-day life. That collaborative plan can change over time as progress is made or new needs appear.

Online sessions give flexible options for how to meet. Video calls let people talk face-to-face when visual cues help, phone sessions are useful for lower bandwidth or when being on camera is difficult, and live chat or text-based messaging can support short check-ins, homework review, or ongoing coaching between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules while using the therapeutic approaches described above.