Michele Keller, LPC

Michele Keller is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Missouri with 15 years of experience. She helps people facing anxiety, depression, stress, relationship struggles, low self-esteem, grief, and life transitions. Michele also supports clients with ADHD, addiction concerns, intimacy questions, sleep problems, and career stress.

Her counseling style is straightforward and practical. She focuses on skills people can use between sessions. Michele draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) tools alongside mindfulness and motivational interviewing techniques. Sessions emphasize emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication.

Michele’s path to counseling began after a long career in the travel industry. That background shaped her openness to different perspectives and helped her relate to people from varied backgrounds. She has worked in private practice and in intensive outpatient settings, giving her experience with a range of everyday challenges.

In sessions she aims to be caring and down-to-earth. Michele sets goals collaboratively and helps clients practice new habits in real life. She favors a solution-focused approach that keeps the work practical and goal-oriented.

People work with her to build skills for managing strong emotions, improving relationships, and navigating big changes. Michele offers tools for coping with chronic health issues, caregiver stress, and blended family challenges. Her approach centers on helping clients notice patterns, try new responses, and move toward more manageable days.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments. It helps with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and managing everyday stress by teaching new thinking and behavior patterns.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. Those skills can reduce intense reactions, improve relationships, and offer concrete steps for staying steady during crises.

Finding the right approach is a joint process. Michele will work with clients to pick methods that match their goals and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress unfolds. The focus is on collaboration so clients feel the work fits their life and values.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and skill coaching. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let clients share thoughts between appointments and fit therapy into a busy day. These options make it easier to keep consistent work on skills, track progress, and use tools in real time.