- Stress and anxiety
- Practical coping skills
- Collaborative planning
About Michele
Michele Heyman is a licensed counselor who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She brings 19 years of clinical experience and focuses on practical changes clients can use day to day. Michele emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in sessions. She aims to tailor conversations and plans to each person’s needs.
Her work often centers on depression, motivation, self-esteem, and life transitions. She also supports people facing relationship and communication challenges. Michele has experience alongside first responders, nurses, and law enforcement, which shaped her comfort with high-stress issues.
Sessions move at the client's pace and focus on clear steps. Michele uses methods that include acceptance and commitment ideas, mindfulness, and skills-based approaches from cognitive behavioral therapy. She also brings client-centered listening and motivational interviewing into planning and goal-setting.
Clients can expect straightforward, honest dialogue that emphasizes what will change outside sessions. Michele helps people turn insight into action through small, practical tasks and check-ins. She describes herself as open, grateful, and grounded, and she encourages courage in anyone ready to try something different.
Her approach is collaborative: she will listen first, then suggest a plan that fits a person’s life and goals. Michele adapts strategies as progress is made, focusing on sustainable routines for sleep, eating, stress management, and relationships.
Her work often centers on depression, motivation, self-esteem, and life transitions. She also supports people facing relationship and communication challenges. Michele has experience alongside first responders, nurses, and law enforcement, which shaped her comfort with high-stress issues.
Sessions move at the client's pace and focus on clear steps. Michele uses methods that include acceptance and commitment ideas, mindfulness, and skills-based approaches from cognitive behavioral therapy. She also brings client-centered listening and motivational interviewing into planning and goal-setting.
Clients can expect straightforward, honest dialogue that emphasizes what will change outside sessions. Michele helps people turn insight into action through small, practical tasks and check-ins. She describes herself as open, grateful, and grounded, and she encourages courage in anyone ready to try something different.
Her approach is collaborative: she will listen first, then suggest a plan that fits a person’s life and goals. Michele adapts strategies as progress is made, focusing on sustainable routines for sleep, eating, stress management, and relationships.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Family conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesBipolar disorderDepressionCoachingCompassion fatigue
Additional focus areas
Aging and geriatric issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesGuilt and shameInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused Therapy
Experience
19+ years
Credentials
Texas, New Mexico
Languages
English
How Michele Uses Therapy Approaches Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on clarifying what matters to a person and taking committed steps toward those values. It can help with anxiety, stress, and life changes by shifting attention from avoidance to meaningful action.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. Michele uses CBT techniques to teach practical skills for managing worry, sleep problems, mood, and daily routines.
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and respect. In this approach Michele lets the client's priorities lead and creates a plan based on what that person finds most important.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Michele will listen to your goals, try methods that fit your needs, and adjust strategies together as progress is made.
Confirm the session formats available before booking so you know what options are offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and provide ways to use mindfulness or CBT exercises between meetings. Talk with Michele about what will work best given your daily routine and goals.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Michele commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and communication issues, self-esteem, motivation, life transitions, grief, trauma and other related concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is direct and compassionate with an emphasis on practical steps. She listens closely and tailors conversations and plans to each person.
How much clinical experience does she bring?
She has 19 years of professional counseling experience working with a range of people and situations.
What credentials and region are listed for this therapist?
She holds LPCC and LPC credentials and is listed as practicing in Texas with licensure also noted in New Mexico.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does cost work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.