About Michelle
Michelle Newton is a licensed mental health counselor in Washington who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, and ADHD. She brings 18 years of clinical experience to sessions and offers a warm, down-to-earth approach. Michelle aims to make therapy feel practical and relatable so clients leave with tools they can use right away.
Her work blends talk-based methods with attention to the body. She uses Somatic approaches alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and client-centered skills to help people notice physical reactions, name hard emotions, and choose actions that match their values.
Background and approach
Michelle also draws on attachment-informed ideas and cognitive-behavioral techniques to address patterns that keep problems repeating. Sessions focus on what the person wants to change. Michelle listens closely, helps identify small steps, and practices new skills in session so people can try them at home.
She also supports people dealing with related concerns such as abandonment, codependency, chronic pain or illness, communication problems, and separation issues. Michelle works with individuals on caregiving stress, blended family challenges, aging and geriatric issues, autism spectrum concerns, and co-occurring conditions. Her style is straightforward, compassionate, and practical.
She helps people find clearer ways to respond to tough situations and rebuild a sense of control. Based in Washington, Michelle provides therapy using phone, video, live chat, or text messaging. Her LMHC credential is WA LMHC LH60507972 and she works in English.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Somatic work pays attention to the body and physical sensations. Online sessions can use guided awareness and simple movement or breathing practices to help people notice how stress shows up in their bodies and try new responses. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on values and small committed steps. In remote sessions this often means identifying what matters most, then practicing tiny actions and noticing what gets in the way.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to goals and preferences, then suggest methods to try. Together they track what helps and adjust the plan as needed so therapy fits the person's life and needs.
Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules. Video and phone allow real-time conversation and guided exercises. Live chat and text let people check in between meetings and practice skills in the moment. These options offer flexibility and different ways to stay connected while working on stress, relationships, trauma, or ADHD-related challenges.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English