About Michelle
Dr. Michelle Beaupre helps people manage stress, anxiety, mood problems, addiction, and relationship strain. She works with concerns such as trauma and abuse, grief, parenting challenges, attention differences, and eating or anger issues.
Michelle uses straightforward, goal-focused sessions so people can feel steadier and more able to cope. Michelle is a licensed clinical social worker. She holds a California LCSW and has six years of practice experience.
Her work blends practical skills with an awareness of people’s personal histories.
Background and approach
Sessions are calm and direct, with attention to what feels useful day to day. She draws on approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, EMDR, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. That lets her address both thinking patterns and emotional reactions.
She helps people build new habits and tolerate difficult feelings while staying focused on real-world change. In sessions Michelle talks through immediate problems, teaches coping strategies, and sets small, achievable goals. She pays attention to family of origin issues and blended family dynamics when those come up.
She also supports people dealing with substance use, impulsivity, dissociation, and mood instability. Her style is collaborative and practical. People who want clear steps, tools to manage intense moments, and a space to process upsetting experiences tend to find this approach useful.
Michelle works with English-speaking adults from her California practice and uses multiple online formats to connect.
Online approaches that focus on skills and healing
Michelle commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy in online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches practical skills to change them, which helps with anxiety, depression, and many mood concerns. Dialectical behavior therapy teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills to help people manage intense feelings and impulsive actions.She also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for processing traumatic memories when that fits a person's needs. EMDR involves guided processing to reduce the intensity of painful memories and the reactions tied to them. Together these approaches let her address both current symptoms and past experiences in a step-by-step way.
Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. They will adjust methods over time so the work stays practical and relevant to daily life.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different situations. Video calls are good for deeper conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging can be used for quick support between sessions or when written reflection feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy schedules and changing routines.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- California, Maine
- Languages
- English