Michelle Simon, MN Psychologist LP3155

Michelle Simon is a Minnesota psychologist with 33 years of professional experience. She draws on a long clinical career to help people facing relationship struggles, parenting challenges, grief, anxiety, and life transitions. Michelle uses straightforward methods so clients know what to expect in sessions.

Her approach is practical and person-focused. She often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people spot unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. She also uses client-centered methods that prioritize the person's own goals and pace.

Michelle works with adults on issues such as depression, stress, trauma and abuse, anger, career concerns, and parenting after separation. She also supports people dealing with caregiver strain, codependency, communication problems, fertility and fatherhood issues, and feelings of emptiness or isolation.

She pays attention to how family systems and court processes can affect daily life, and she can discuss alternative health or medicinal perspectives when relevant. Her sessions are delivered in a respectful, sensitive manner and shaped around each person's needs and values.

Michelle encourages a collaborative plan so goals are clear from the start. She frames therapy as a practical process - setting small steps, tracking progress, and adjusting strategies as needed. Taking the first step into therapy is often hard, and she aims to make it understandable and focused on real change.

How Michelle’s approaches translate to online care

Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and following the person's goals. In practice this means sessions begin by understanding what matters most and then shaping conversations around those priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying small behavior changes to see what helps. It is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and parenting challenges.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Michelle works with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress is tracked. The work is practical and goal-oriented, with regular check-ins to make sure the approach feels useful.

Online therapy lets people use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what suits their day. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and visual cues, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited or screens are impractical, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different routines.