Michelle Kisler
Supportive counseling for stress and parenting
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed in
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Michelle
Michelle Kisler is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, mood concerns, and parenting challenges. She aims to meet people where they are and create a straightforward, respectful space for talking through what feels hard. Her style is warm and practical, with an emphasis on listening first and building a plan that fits each person’s life.
Michelle uses clear, evidence-informed techniques and adapts them to each person’s needs.
Background and approach
She combines client-centered listening with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to address unhelpful thoughts and patterns. Mindfulness skills are used to bring attention to the present moment and reduce overwhelm. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused strategies help people identify small, doable changes and stay motivated.
With 17 years of experience as an LPC, she has supported people through grief, trauma, ADHD-related struggles, caregiver stress, and career or life transitions. Her work also covers issues such as isolation, guilt and shame, and women’s concerns. She describes her approach as respectful of each person’s background and practical in its focus on daily life changes.
Sessions are offered in English and are delivered from Pennsylvania. Michelle provides several online options so people can choose a format that fits their schedule and comfort. She aims to collaborate on clear goals and steady progress rather than quick fixes.
To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability. Costs vary with location and the subscription model used, which can be canceled at any time.
Therapeutic approaches and what online therapy offers
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and understanding the person’s perspective. The therapist uses this approach to help people feel heard and to build goals that matter to them in everyday life.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It provides simple, practical tools to change unhelpful thinking and to try different behaviors that can reduce anxiety or improve mood.
Mindfulness therapy teaches short attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and help people stay present during stressful moments. It can be useful for managing overwhelm, improving focus, and calming strong emotions.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences, and will adjust the plan over time as progress is made.
Online sessions are available by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to offer flexibility. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, to follow up between sessions, and to choose the format that feels most comfortable. Licensed professionals can use these formats to provide consistent, goal-focused care without requiring travel.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Mindfulness Therapy
Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
Next step
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