About Michelle
Michelle Robbins is a licensed clinical social worker in New Jersey with nine years of experience. She emphasizes a client-centered approach and works from the belief that each person knows their story best. Michelle aims to support people as they take the first steps toward a more satisfying life.
She helps people manage stress and anxiety and addresses concerns linked to LGBT issues and gender dysphoria. Her work also includes trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, compassion fatigue, and addictions.
How Michelle works
Michelle listens for strengths clients can use to face these challenges. Her practice covers relationship and family concerns, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating and parenting struggles, anger, and self-esteem. She also supports people dealing with career stress, life changes, and attention-deficit challenges.
Additional focus areas include attachment issues, codependency, communication problems, and matters related to sexuality. Michelle uses practical, evidence-informed approaches in sessions. These include Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy.
She collaborates with people to apply skills and strategies that fit their daily lives. Sessions are offered in English in New Jersey. Michelle frames therapy as a partnership and encourages small, steady steps toward goals.
She aims to be a steady presence while clients try new ways of coping and relating.
Michelle lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Michelle works with
The areas below are the ones Michelle selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New Jersey |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Michelle commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, reflecting, and building on a person's own strengths to set the pace of sessions. CBT looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete strategies to change unhelpful patterns. DBT emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills to manage intense feelings and improve relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michelle will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That choice can change over time as needs evolve, and she helps people try different techniques to see what works best.
If you are considering online therapy, confirm available session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make it simpler to use skill-practice between meetings. Talk with Michelle during the matching process about how to structure sessions to suit your schedule and daily routines.
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