About Michelle
Michelle Molina helps people who feel stuck by offering steady, practical support. She names the main concerns she sees as stress, anxiety, parenting strain, low self-esteem, career worries, and relationship challenges. Michelle is an IL LCPC with 10 years of experience and focuses on clear, usable steps rather than jargon.
She aims to make first steps feel safer and more manageable. Her style centers on listening and tailoring the conversation to each person's needs.
Background and approach
Michelle uses Client-Centered Therapy to build a respectful, nonjudgmental space where people can find their own direction. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to break down anxious thinking and try new behaviors that lead to small wins. Michelle often brings Motivational Interviewing into sessions when someone feels stuck and unsure where to begin.
She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to set concrete goals and track progress in short, achievable steps. At times she reflects on patterns from a psychodynamic view to understand how past experiences shape current reactions. Parenting concerns are approached with practical strategies and empathy for daily pressures.
For career and life-purpose questions she helps people outline options and make decisions that match their values. Communication and family problem work focus on clearer expression and realistic goals. Sessions are offered in English.
Michelle emphasizes collaboration - she and the client agree on goals, methods, and pacing so each person feels understood and can measure progress.
How her approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. Online sessions let the therapist reflect back what matters most and help clients shape goals that feel right for them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks down unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors in daily life. In online CBT, clients and the therapist set tasks between sessions and review what worked and what didn’t. Motivational Interviewing is a conversational method that helps people resolve mixed feelings about change. It is useful when someone feels stuck and needs help finding internal reasons to move forward.Picking the right approach is a shared process. Michelle will talk with the client about their goals, try a method, and adjust based on what helps. That collaborative testing makes it easier to find techniques that fit the person's pace and needs rather than sticking rigidly to one model.
Online formats offered include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for sessions that benefit from visual cues and focused conversation. Phone calls can work well when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins. Live chat and text messaging let people send short updates, ask questions between sessions, or have shorter check-ins that fit a busy schedule. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care and adapt therapy to daily life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Family problems
- Life purpose
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English