About Michele
Michele Gayle is a licensed mental health counselor in Washington with six years of clinical experience. She helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma and abuse, mood concerns like depression and bipolar, and challenges such as grief, anger, and low self-esteem. Michele aims to meet people where they are and treat them with respect and compassion.
In sessions she listens closely and tailors conversations to each person's needs.
Background and approach
Michele works with questions about relationships, intimacy-related issues, parenting strains, career stress, and the burnout that can come from caring for others. She also supports people navigating identity concerns and LGBT-related stress. Michele adapts how she talks and plans work together based on what each person prefers.
She focuses on practical steps people can try between meetings, alongside space to talk about hard experiences. That combination helps people manage symptoms and make steady changes. Her practice includes a range of session styles such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
Michele accepts international clients in English and uses an approach that balances talk, problem-solving, and realistic goal setting. Starting therapy can feel hard. Michele encourages small first steps and offers support as people decide what change looks like for them.
She holds a Washington LMHC license and draws on six years of experience in clinical settings.
Practical approaches for online care
Many people find relief with straightforward, evidence-based techniques that focus on current problems and clear goals. One common approach helps people identify unhelpful thinking and try new thinking patterns and behaviors to reduce anxiety and low mood. This method is useful for stress, anxiety, depression, and anger by offering concrete skills to practice between sessions.Another approach centers on processing difficult or painful memories in a paced way and building coping strategies to manage triggers and strong emotions. This can help people who are dealing with trauma, abuse histories, or intense reactions to stress.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Michele will collaborate with each person to decide what seems to fit best based on their needs, goals, and preferences. That decision can change over time as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a fuller exchange is helpful. Phone sessions work well when video is difficult or bandwidth is low. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between sessions or fit therapy into a busy day. These options make it simpler to keep momentum and use therapy flexibly around daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English