- Stress and anxiety
- Anger management
- Trauma and grief
About Michelle
Michelle Owusu is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC, and a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, with 17 years of experience. She works with adults on common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strains, anger, grief, and life transitions.
She offers straightforward therapy that focuses on practical steps. Sessions look at what keeps a problem going and what can be changed. She helps people name their feelings, spot patterns in how they react, and try new ways of responding when anger or frustration starts to build.
Michelle uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address issues like trauma, addiction, and parenting stress. She also supports people navigating identity and sexuality questions, multicultural concerns, and mood disorders. Sessions include talking through recent events, learning skills to manage emotions, and planning small changes that fit daily life.
Her background includes work with a range of presenting concerns such as attachment and communication problems, blended family stress, postpartum depression, and coping with separation or divorce. Michelle draws on this experience to help people find clearer communication and steadier moods.
Therapy with her is practical and focused on measurable steps. Clients are encouraged to try techniques between sessions and review what helped. She offers services from Arizona and conducts work in English.
Approaches used online and what they address
Michelle uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on understanding reactions and building practical skills. One common approach involves skills training for emotion regulation and anger management, teaching clear steps to calm down, reduce escalation, and express needs without damaging relationships. This is useful for workplace frustration, recurring resentments, and sudden outbursts.Another approach centers on processing trauma and its emotional fallout in manageable pieces. This helps people lower reactivity, improve sleep and concentration, and regain control after difficult events. A third element often used is problem-solving and behavioral planning to change daily patterns that keep stress and anger active.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, test what helps in early sessions, and adjust methods based on results. That collaborative process aims to find techniques the client can use between sessions.
Session logistics should be confirmed before booking since formats are not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, shorten travel time, and allow brief check-ins when a full in-person visit is hard to arrange. Ask about current session options when you complete the matching questionnaire.
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Experience
17+ years
Listed in
Illinois, Arizona
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family issues, anger, grief, addictions, trauma and related concerns listed in her profile.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and focuses on practical steps like identifying patterns, learning emotion regulation skills, and planning small behavioral changes.
How much experience does she have?
She has 17 years of experience as a clinician working with a range of presenting concerns and populations described in her profile.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds LCPC and LPC credentials and provides services from Arizona.
Which languages are supported and can international clients connect?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
The biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.