About Michelle
Michelle Bartnik works with people facing stress, anxiety, family concerns, trauma, parenting questions, and life transitions. She is a licensed professional counselor - LPC practicing in Michigan who aims to make beginning therapy straightforward and practical. Michelle speaks English and focuses on helping clients find clearer ways to cope and move forward.
Michelle believes each person knows their own story. She uses that knowledge as a starting point and helps people try new ways of handling problems.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and focused on small, useful changes that build over time. Her approach draws on models that help people understand relationships and daily patterns. She uses ideas from attachment work to look at connection and trust.
Cognitive behavioral tools help spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. Michelle also uses client-centered methods that let the client's pace guide the work. Narrative and motivational techniques help people reframe their story and find reasons to take the next steps.
Together these approaches aim to reduce overwhelm and increase practical coping skills. With nine years of clinical experience, Michelle combines steady support with clear strategies. She encourages realistic goals and small experiments between sessions.
The emphasis is on making progress that fits each person's life and values.
Working with attachment and behavior online
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how relationships and earlier bonds shape current reactions and closeness. It helps people understand patterns in relationships and learn new ways of connecting. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and trying different behaviors to reduce anxiety or low mood. It is practical and works well for stress and day-to-day problems. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and following the person's pace so goals grow from what matters most to them.Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose methods that fit the client's goals, values, and comfort level. They adjust the mix of attachment, CBT, and client-centered techniques as progress and needs become clearer.
Online therapy offers flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for a fuller conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging works well for quick check-ins, brief problem-solving, or when someone prefers writing instead of talking. These options make it easier to schedule regular sessions and keep steady progress while balancing daily life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English