About Shemise
Shemise Michael is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas with three years of clinical experience. She approaches therapy with warmth and plain language so conversations feel simple and direct. She focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, mood disorders like depression and bipolar, and trauma-related concerns.
Her style is relaxed and approachable. Sessions aim to identify strengths and practical steps the client can use between meetings. She adapts the pace and tone to each person's needs and prefers a straightforward, respectful way of talking.
Background and approach
Shemise emphasizes working on issues such as low self-esteem, feelings of emptiness, codependency, and trouble with trust or abandonment. She also addresses concerns like communication problems, isolation, guilt, shame, and experiences of domestic violence or abuse. First responder issues and sex addiction are among the topics she will address when relevant.
Therapy combines client-centered listening with structured methods when useful. That means focusing on what matters to the client first, then adding tools to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also uses focused work for trauma and short-term solution-focused strategies to set clear, achievable goals.
She aims to create a nonjudgmental space where people can speak honestly and try small changes that add up. If someone is ready to begin, she asks them to share what led them to seek support and what they hope to change.
How her approach shapes online therapy
She uses client-centered work to begin, which means listening closely to what matters most to the person and shaping sessions around those concerns. This approach helps people feel heard and makes it easier to set useful goals.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, which focuses on identifying patterns of thought and behavior that contribute to distress and practicing small changes that reduce symptoms. CBT is often helpful for anxiety, depression, and mood-related struggles.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. She will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and comfort level. That might mean starting with supportive listening and adding CBT or solution-focused tools over time.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video can be used for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone is useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat lets someone check in quickly, and messaging supports brief updates or reflection between sessions. This mix makes it easier to keep therapy going around work, family, or other obligations.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Paranoia
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English