Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
How Michelle works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCMHC
- Licensed in
- North Carolina
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Michelle
Michelle Gross is a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) based in North Carolina with 20 years of counseling and coaching experience. She helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, ADHD, anger, grief, depression, and everyday life changes. Michelle blends practical strategies with clear goal-setting so clients can turn insights into action.
She uses plain language and a collaborative style. Sessions focus on building awareness, learning skills, and practicing new habits that fit real life.
Background and approach
Parents reading on a phone will find direct help for sleeping or eating concerns, parenting strain, impulsivity, and relationship challenges. Michelle earned a Master’s in Counseling and an MBA from Wake Forest University. Her background includes schools, universities, corporations, and independent practice settings.
That mix shaped her interest in helping professionals, entrepreneurs, students, and adults organize priorities and manage workload without burning out. Her approach draws from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral tools, mindfulness, dialectical behavior therapy skills, and motivational interviewing. She helps people apply these methods to cope with addiction issues, trauma, compassion fatigue, and career stress.
Sessions emphasize small, doable steps and regular review of progress. Michelle pays attention to how a person’s environment and brain patterns affect daily functioning. She supports people working through caregiving stress, blended family challenges, end-of-life concerns, and recovery from domestic violence or disaster-related upheaval.
The goal is clearer thinking, better self-management, and more reliable routines.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Michelle lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Michelle’s Methods Work Online
Michelle commonly uses client-centered approaches and cognitive behavioral techniques to help people make practical changes. Client-centered work means the conversation follows the client’s concerns and strengths, helping them feel heard and understood while deciding next steps. Cognitive behavioral work focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and trying small behavioral experiments to test new ways of coping.She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills when emotion regulation and impulsivity are central. These skills teach concrete strategies for managing strong feelings, tolerating distress, and improving interpersonal effectiveness. Together these approaches help with anger, ADHD-related impulsivity, anxiety, and maintaining routines.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences, try techniques, and adjust plans based on what helps most. That collaborative rhythm is part of each session rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen-sharing of worksheets. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let clients send updates, keep momentum between sessions, and fit support around work or caregiving duties.
Questions people ask about Michelle
What concerns does Michelle address?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, anger, ADHD, grief, depression, addictions, sleep and eating problems, career strain, and life transitions.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She focuses on awareness, practical skills, and small steps that fit daily life.
How much experience does she have?
Michelle has 20 years of experience in counseling, coaching, and education across schools, universities, corporations, and independent practice.
What credentials and region are associated with her practice?
She is a licensed clinical mental health counselor, LCMHC, practicing in North Carolina.
Which languages and international sessions are offered?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.