About Michelle
Michelle Kyles is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Virginia with more than 10 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, addictions, and the daily challenges that follow life changes. Michelle aims to make a first contact feel manageable and steady for someone who is unsure where to begin.
She creates an open space where clients can name thoughts and feelings without fear of judgment.
Background and approach
Sessions are collaborative and paced to match each person's comfort. Michelle draws on practical strategies to help people notice patterns and take small, doable steps forward. Her approach blends client-centered care with techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused methods.
That means clients can expect to talk through what matters most to them, try out different ways of thinking or behaving, and set short-term goals that feel achievable. Motivational interviewing is used when people want support finding their own reasons to change. Michelle uses clear language and concrete tools rather than abstract theory.
She helps people work on communication problems, self-esteem, social anxiety, workplace stress, and issues around forgiveness and isolation. She also supports those navigating prejudice, multicultural concerns, or relationship endings. Sessions are offered in English and delivered online through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Michelle encourages practical change, steady progress, and a realistic plan that fits each person's life.
Approaches and how online therapy can help
Michelle often uses client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening closely and helping people feel heard while they decide what matters most to change. That approach is useful for building trust, clarifying goals, and talking through strong emotions.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, which helps people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try different behaviors. CBT can be helpful for anxiety, low mood, and problems that get in the way of daily routines.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then try methods that seem to fit. Choices are made collaboratively and can be adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for a focused check-in. Live chat and text messaging can fit into busy days and let people share thoughts between sessions. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to schedule around work, family, and other responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
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- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Depression
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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