Michelle Gross, LCMHC

Michelle Gross is a licensed clinical mental health counselor with two decades of experience helping people navigate anxiety, depression, grief, ADHD, and life transitions. She blends practical coaching with talk therapy to help clients build routines, manage stress, and make progress on daily goals. Michelle draws on straightforward strategies that fit into busy lives. She earned a master’s degree in counseling and an MBA from Wake Forest University. That mix of clinical and organizational training shapes how she works with professionals and parents who want clearer priorities and better task management. Michelle uses clear tools to turn insight into action. In sessions she focuses on practical steps. Clients learn skills for attention, planning, and emotional regulation. She tailors techniques to each person’s strengths and routines instead of applying one fixed method. Her approach draws from cognitive behavioral therapy, client-centered methods, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. Those approaches show up as skill-building, reflective listening, emotion regulation practice, and short experiments between sessions. Michelle has worked in schools, universities, corporations, and private practice. That range helps her adapt therapy for adolescents, college students, adults, and professionals who juggle competing demands. She emphasizes small, measurable changes that add up over time. People often come for help with ADHD, career clarity, coping after loss, or relationship and communication problems. She also supports those dealing with addictions, trauma, caregiver stress, or end-of-life concerns. Michelle aims to meet clients where they are and move at a pace that feels manageable.

Practical approaches for online care and goal-focused work

Michelle often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try out different behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and many daily challenges because it focuses on clear steps and experiments. She also draws on client-centered therapy, which emphasizes listening, empathy, and building on each person’s strengths to set achievable goals. Michelle also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy for emotion regulation and distress tolerance when strong feelings get in the way. DBT skills can help with impulsivity, anger, and building routines for attention and mood. Together these approaches give a mix of skills training, practical planning, and reflective conversation. Finding the right mix is a collaborative process. Michelle will work with each client to figure out which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts pacing and tools over time so work feels manageable and connected to real life outcomes. Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule. Video calls allow face-to-face work and skill demonstrations, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging support quick check-ins and ongoing coaching between appointments. These options give flexibility so therapy can continue during work breaks, travel, or when a shorter check-in is needed.