Michelle Owusu
Support for families and parenting challenges
- Credentials
- LCPC, LPC
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed in
- Illinois, Arizona
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Michelle
Michelle Owusu uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help families and individuals manage stress, navigate parenting concerns, and improve relationships. She brings practical, down-to-earth support so parents can tackle daily challenges. Michelle speaks plainly and focuses on clear steps people can use between sessions.
Michelle is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor - LCPC in Illinois and a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC in Arizona. She has 17 years of experience. Her work includes a wide range of concerns such as anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, and intimate relationship issues.
Background and approach
Her approach centers on building trust and understanding. She listens first, then helps people identify what is getting in the way. Sessions include skills practice, problem-solving, and time to process feelings.
Michelle offers guidance that parents can try at home. She also addresses practical family challenges like blended family issues, communication problems, and divorce or separation. Michelle supports people through pregnancy, postpartum depression, and other life transitions.
She brings attention to multicultural concerns and sexuality without judgment. Michelle works with people dealing with chronic stress, burnout, compassion fatigue, and career-related pressure. She includes coaching elements to help clients set goals and track progress.
Her style is collaborative and focused on useful strategies rather than jargon.
Practical therapeutic approaches for families online
Michelle draws from evidence-based techniques that focus on clear skills and real-life changes. One common approach she uses is skills-based work that teaches emotion regulation, coping strategies, and communication techniques to reduce conflict and stress within families. These methods help with anxiety, anger, and routine parenting challenges.Michelle also uses problem-focused interventions that break larger issues into manageable steps. This approach helps people tackle relationship problems, blended family logistics, and life transitions by creating small, achievable goals and tracking progress over time.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will review a client's needs, goals, and preferences and adjust methods as therapy progresses. The process is collaborative and paced to what feels useful for each family.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility for busy parents. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around school, work, and caregiving responsibilities. Online options let people use strategies in real time and follow up through shorter check-ins when needed.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Arizona
- Languages
- English
Next step
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