Michelle Wendel, LMFT

Michelle Wendel is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) who helps adults navigate stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, career transitions, and self-esteem struggles. She works with people facing life changes like divorce, retirement, pregnancy and childbirth, empty nesting, and midlife transitions. Michelle aims to make talking about hard things straightforward and compassionate.

With ten years of clinical experience, Michelle adapts her approach to each person she meets. She listens first and uses practical strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy to challenge unhelpful thinking and build new habits. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is used to help clients clarify values and take meaningful steps, even when emotions are difficult.

Michelle also draws on client-centered therapy to create a calm space where people feel heard and respected. Sessions focus on what matters most to the client, whether that is improving communication, coping with chronic health issues, or finding purpose in midlife. She emphasizes gradual progress and realistic goals.

This work includes attention to aging and geriatric issues, workplace concerns, codependency, and forgiveness. Michelle helps people identify small changes that ease daily stress and improve relationships. She supports parents, women, and others facing role shifts and new demands.

Michelle encourages practical steps between sessions, like brief experiments or communication practices. She values collaboration and checks in regularly to make sure therapy stays relevant to each person’s life. If someone wants to explore next steps, Michelle invites them to reach out and begin the process.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people accept difficult feelings while taking actions that align with their values. It can be useful for anxiety, life transitions, and choosing purposeful steps forward.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It uses practical exercises to challenge unhelpful thinking and build new habits, which can help with stress, anxiety, and workplace problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That decision is revisited as progress is made and needs change.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. It can reduce travel time, allow quicker check-ins around a workday, and make regular meetings more consistent. Because the original biography did not list specific session formats, confirm current online options before booking. The emphasis is on practical ways to make therapy usable in everyday routines rather than on a particular delivery method.