Works with
- Anger
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
How Michelle works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Wisconsin
- Years in practice
- 11
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Michelle
Michelle Boodry is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Wisconsin with 11 years of experience. She focuses on helping people work through trauma, relationship strain, anger, anxiety, and life transitions. Michelle emphasizes practical steps people can take right away and values each person’s strengths in the healing process.
She uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) when it fits a client's needs to address traumatic memories and intense emotional reactions.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and goal oriented, with an emphasis on building coping skills and emotional regulation. Michelle helps people find clearer choices when stress, grief, or addiction make everyday life feel overwhelming. Michelle also supports people dealing with self-esteem, intimacy concerns, ADHD, depression, bipolar symptoms, and caregiver stress.
She works with people facing blended family challenges, divorce and separation, chronic illness, and issues tied to a person’s family of origin. Her approach includes practical problem solving and attention to how relationships shape behavior. Clients can expect a calm, direct style that focuses on skills and real-life solutions.
Michelle encourages people to notice their progress and to use their strengths between sessions. She aims to make the start of therapy feel manageable and clear. Therapy with Michelle includes options like video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging.
People who want to begin can use the site process to match and schedule a first session.
What Michelle works with
Everything Michelle lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Michelle's practice.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Michelle lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
EMDR and practical approaches for online care
EMDR is a structured method that helps people process distressing memories and reduce the intensity of upsetting reactions. It uses guided attention to lessen the power of traumatic images and the strong emotions tied to them, which can help with trauma, abuse, and ongoing stress.Alongside EMDR, therapy often focuses on building coping skills and emotional regulation. That means learning simple strategies to manage anger, anxiety, sleep problems, and day-to-day stress. These tools are practiced in sessions and then used between meetings to notice small improvements.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, symptoms, and preferences and then suggest options. Together they monitor what helps and adjust the plan as needed so the work fits the person’s life.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer session work. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging allow quick check-ins, shorter conversations, or ongoing written support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily routines.
Questions people ask about Michelle
What concerns does Michelle address?
She helps people with trauma and relationship problems, anger, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, and stress related to caregiving or life changes.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is calm and direct with practical steps and skill building. Sessions focus on real-life tools and clearer choices.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Michelle has 11 years of professional experience working in mental health settings and with people facing trauma and relationship struggles.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Wisconsin and practices there.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are available?
Sessions can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to therapist availability.