Michelle Wygant, LPC

Michelle Wygant is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 15 years of experience supporting people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and major life changes. She helps with parenting stress, trauma and abuse, eating and sleeping problems, anger, ADHD, and career questions. Michelle also addresses issues related to adoption, attachment, blended families, and caregiver strain. Her style is warm and collaborative. She listens first to understand each person's situation. Then she uses practical tools to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Sessions are focused on small steps that add up to change. Michelle blends cognitive behavioral techniques with client-centered listening and motivational interviewing. That mix helps people build coping skills, strengthen relationships, and manage mood swings. She also draws on trauma-focused strategies when past events are getting in the way of daily life. Michelle earned a master’s degree in community counseling and an educational specialist degree. She has spent over a decade in outpatient settings and has supervised counseling interns and master’s-level clinicians. That background informs a grounded, experience-based approach to care. People come to her when they feel stuck, overwhelmed, or burnt out. She works with diverse concerns including grief across the lifespan, postpartum challenges, compassion fatigue, chronic illness, and disruptive mood regulation problems. Michelle aims to help clients find clearer priorities and more reliable ways to cope.

How Michelle’s Approaches Work Online

Michelle draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and client-centered therapy in online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through practical exercises and skill-building, which can help with anxiety, depression, sleep, and eating concerns. Client-centered therapy emphasizes being heard and respected while the therapist follows the client's goals and pace, which supports emotional processing and motivation.

Figuring out the right approach is part of the process. Michelle will collaborate with each person to decide whether CBT techniques, client-centered conversations, or motivational interviewing strategies best match their needs, goals, and preferences. The plan can be adjusted as work progresses so the approach stays relevant and useful.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls let people work face-to-face for skills practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or for a simpler check-in. Live chat and text messaging offer quick touchpoints, shorter check-ins, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and different routines.