About Michelle
Michelle Adesoye focuses on practical, evidence-based work to help people find balance and clarity. She is a licensed mental health counselor who listens closely and helps clients set small, manageable steps toward change. Her manner is calm and direct, and she aims to make therapy understandable and doable for everyday life.
Michelle brings seven years of clinical experience in New York. She has supported people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction.
Background and approach
She also helps those recovering from trauma and abuse and people navigating major life changes. In sessions she breaks problems into concrete parts. That often means identifying patterns, building coping skills, and trying short exercises between meetings.
Michelle pays attention to how attachment and abandonment issues shape relationships and to the ways body image or money worries affect mood. She also addresses obsessive and compulsive behaviors, eating and food-related struggles, and the emotional work around pregnancy and childbirth. When substance use is part of the picture, Michelle combines practical relapse prevention with attention to underlying feelings and triggers.
Her approach is collaborative: she and the client choose goals and methods together. Michelle uses clear language, regular check-ins, and measurable steps so progress can be tracked. She works in English and meets people through a variety of online session types.
Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Care
Michelle uses straightforward, evidence-based techniques to help people manage symptoms and build new habits. One common approach involves skill-building around anxiety and mood regulation - learning specific breathing, grounding, and behavioral strategies to reduce overwhelming feelings and improve daily functioning. Another focus is on addressing trauma and attachment concerns by identifying patterns that cause distress and practicing safer ways of relating and coping.Choosing the right approach happens together. The therapist will ask about goals, daily routines, and what has or hasn’t helped before, then suggest techniques to try. Clients and the therapist check in regularly and adjust the plan based on what fits the person’s needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for people with busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when needed, phone sessions can be easier on the go or when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging work well for quick check-ins or ongoing support between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, or other commitments while still working with a licensed professional.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English