Michelle Couey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker She has over 15 years experience working as a counselor. She holds a graduate degree from the University of Alabama.
She works with adolescents focusing on the following issues: mood, behavior, motivation, parent/child relationships, school performance, and healthy dating. She works closely with parents, while treating adolescents who are struggling to maintain healthy behaviors.
She also works with adults on anxiety, depression, troubled relationships, boundary issues and work place stress. She enjoys helping other moms lead less stressful lives.
Michelle’s passion is working with couples that feel stuck and pulled into destructive patterns. She helps them heal from relational hurt, and move towards intimate connection using helpful tools. Her focus is helping couples have strong, healthy relationships. Her goal is for couples to get the fun back in their marriage by addressing such issues as trust, hurt, communication, lack of passion, and conflict.
Michelle is an interactive, solution-focused therapist. Her therapeutic approach is to provide support, tools, and practical feedback to help clients effectively address personal life challenges. She maintains a casual and professional approach, with a mix of humor in her interactions. She integrates complementary methodologies and techniques to offer a highly personalized approach tailored to each client. With compassion and understanding, she works with each individual to help them build on their strengths and attain the personal growth they are committed to accomplishing.
Clients who have worked with Michelle report therapy had helped them change in the following ways:
- Improve communications in their relationships
- Learn new ways to cope with stress and anxiety
- Manage grief
- Develop helpful tools to reduce depression
- Discover new ways to solve parenting or marriage conflicts
- Improved self-esteem and boost self-confidence
- Improve resilience in overcoming workplace issues
- Develop meaningful relationships
- Rebuild trust in their marriages
- Set boundaries with family, friends, and co-workers
- Decrease work stressors
Personal message from Michelle:
I have worked as a counselor for many years, and so I feel extraordinarily grateful to be able to offer my services to you. Life can be difficult and, at times, unexpected challenges for us all. Sometimes those challenges are too overwhelming to solve on your own.
My style is personal, professional, friendly, and reassuring. Asking for help can be difficult, but it can be the best place to start. Most of my clients wish they would not have waited so long. So don’t put if off any longer. Please call me for a consultation today. Together we can take those steps in the right direction.
– Michelle Couey, LCSW, PIP