About Madeleine
Madeleine McConnell is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on practical, person-centered care. She offers calm guidance for people facing stress, anxiety, grief, addictions, trauma, and life transitions. Madeleine’s style is warm and strength-based and she helps people build on what already works for them.
She draws on Client-Centered Therapy to create a listening space where a person’s experience matters first. She also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, sometimes called EMDR, when trauma and difficult memories are central concerns.
Background and approach
Sessions are straightforward and focused on what the individual needs to move forward. Madeleine has twelve years of clinical experience in Michigan. That background includes work with post-traumatic stress, panic and anxiety, and complex grief.
She also brings experience in coaching and organizational consulting, which shapes her practical approach to goal setting and change. In sessions she helps people set clear goals, practice new skills, and track progress. She supports issues such as parenting strain, relationship and intimacy concerns, career challenges, sleep problems, chronic pain and illness, and compassion fatigue.
Madeleine also helps people with ADHD, bipolar disorder, and depression when those concerns affect daily functioning. People who choose her can expect collaborative planning and a focus on usable steps. Madeleine frames therapy as teamwork aimed at clearer coping strategies, reduced distress, and more reliable routines.
She works with English-speaking clients and accepts international clients who connect from other regions.
Client-centered and EMDR-informed care online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, acceptance, and working at a person’s pace. In this approach the therapist follows the client’s lead, reflects what they say, and helps them clarify goals and next steps. It is useful for stress, relationship strain, low self-esteem, and coping with life changes.Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is a method used when traumatic memories or intense distress are getting in the way of daily life. Sessions pair focused recall with guided bilateral stimulation to help reduce the emotional intensity tied to those memories, which can support progress on post-traumatic stress, unresolved loss, and related symptoms.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss needs, goals, and preferences and suggest whether Client-Centered work, EMDR, or a mix of methods makes the most sense. Decisions about pace and techniques are made together so clients feel involved and respected.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, text or live chat suit short check-ins or flexible scheduling, and messaging can support ongoing reflection between sessions. These options increase accessibility and let people choose what works best for them.
Questions people ask
What concerns does she help with?
What is her therapeutic style?
How much clinical experience does she have?
What credentials and location are listed?
Which languages and international work are supported?
What session formats are available?
How does cost and billing work?
How do I get started with therapy?
What this counselor works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English