About Michelle
Michelle Olson is a licensed social worker in Indiana who focuses on practical ways to reduce stress, anxiety, and addictive behaviors. She uses straightforward talk and simple skills to help people build confidence and cope with depression. Michelle has 18 years of experience as a clinician and brings a calm, steady presence to sessions.
She practices client-centered care that puts the person's goals first. That means sessions begin with what matters most to the individual and move at a comfortable pace.
Background and approach
Michelle also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to challenge unhelpful thoughts and on dialectical behavior strategies to strengthen emotional regulation skills. Many clients come for help with feeling stuck, emptiness, or low self-worth. She also supports people dealing with codependency, attachment wounds, communication problems, and problems with control or impulsivity.
Addiction concerns such as drug and alcohol use are addressed through motivational interviewing and concrete behavior planning. In the room, Michelle focuses on clear steps and small changes that add up over time. She helps people identify patterns, try new habits, and notice what works.
Sessions aim to be practical and compassionate rather than technical. Her approach is suitable for those facing compassion fatigue, midlife transitions, financial stress, or struggles around forgiveness, guilt, and isolation. Michelle invites people to start with a few focused goals and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online approaches that focus on skills and goals
Client-centered therapy places the person's concerns and goals at the center of sessions. The therapist listens closely and helps shape sessions around what the client wants to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. CBT can help with anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches emotion regulation and coping skills for intense feelings and impulsivity, and it can be useful when someone struggles with strong mood swings or acting on urges.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide which methods fit best based on concerns, goals, and what feels comfortable. Plans are adjusted over time as progress is made, and the client helps guide each step.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins and ongoing problem-solving possible between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into daily life and keep momentum between meetings.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Indiana, Michigan
- Languages
- English