Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- ADHD
How Michelle works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Louisiana
- Years in practice
- 4
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Michelle
Michelle Rutherford is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Louisiana. She offers a calm, direct style and aims to make the first step into counseling feel easier for people who are overwhelmed or uncertain about reaching out. Michelle uses an eclectic mix of evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapts them to each person's needs.
Sessions focus on practical steps people can use between appointments. She keeps conversations straightforward and compassionate while helping clients build skills to handle daily stressors.
Background and approach
Common concerns she helps people work through include stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship strain, and issues with self-esteem. She also supports people coping with ADHD, grief, trauma and abuse, sleep and eating challenges, addictions, and major life changes. Michelle brings four years of professional counseling experience to these areas.
In sessions she aims to create a warm, trusting space and to develop a clear plan with each person. That plan can include goal-setting, behavioral strategies, and ways to manage intense emotions. Her relaxed, direct approach helps people see concrete progress without jargon.
Therapy with Michelle is offered through a mix of video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. People who are interested begin by completing a short questionnaire to match with her and then schedule sessions according to her availability.
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.
Evidence-based approaches for online counseling
Michelle uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapts them to what each person needs. One common approach focuses on practical behavioral strategies that break larger problems into small, doable steps. This helps with issues like anxiety, anger, sleep or eating problems, and routine change. Another approach centers on emotion regulation and coping skills for managing intense feelings and stress. That work is useful for people dealing with grief, trauma, bipolar mood shifts, or compassion fatigue.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Michelle will talk with each person about their goals, daily routines, and what has or has not worked before. Together they decide which techniques to try first and adjust the plan as progress is made or new needs appear.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper work, phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited, live chat is good for quick check-ins, and text messaging supports brief updates or homework prompts. These options make it easier to fit counseling into busy lives and varying schedules.
Questions people ask about Michelle
What kinds of problems does Michelle help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, anger, and self-esteem concerns, along with grief, trauma, ADHD, addictions, sleep and eating issues, and life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is relaxed, direct, and compassionate. She focuses on clear discussion and practical steps people can use between sessions.
How much counseling experience does she have?
Michelle has four years of professional counseling experience working with the listed concerns.
Where is she licensed and practicing from?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Louisiana.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to start therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.