Michelle Rutherford
Warm, practical counseling with evidence-based tools
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed in
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Michelle
Michelle Rutherford is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Louisiana who focuses on practical, evidence-based care for everyday challenges. She keeps sessions relaxed and direct, aiming to make each visit feel approachable and doable. Many people come to her feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, relationship strain, mood changes, or life transitions and want straightforward help.
Michelle emphasizes a warm, respectful space where clients can speak honestly and begin making small changes that add up.
Background and approach
She uses a mix of proven techniques and adapts them to fit each person’s situation. That means the work might include learning new ways to manage anxiety, improving sleep or eating patterns, addressing addictive behaviors, or coping with grief. Michelle also supports people dealing with trauma, compassion fatigue, bipolar mood concerns, and intimacy-related struggles.
Sessions are aimed at helping clients build skills they can use outside of therapy. Michelle has four years of counseling experience and stays focused on what helps most in real life. She prefers clear, direct conversations that still leave room for empathy and understanding.
Progress is often gradual, so she works with clients to set small, realistic goals and track what changes. Sessions are offered in English and delivered online through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Prospective clients start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a time that fits their needs.
Michelle practices with the credential LPC, listed as LA LPC 6224.
Practical evidence-based approaches and online care
Michelle draws from evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapts them to each person. Cognitive behavioral methods focus on identifying unhelpful thinking and changing behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, sleep, and mood swings. Skills-based strategies teach concrete tools for managing stress, coping with grief, addressing addictive patterns, and improving daily routines.Finding the best approach is collaborative. Michelle works with clients to decide which techniques match their needs, goals, and comfort level. She adjusts the plan as progress is made and encourages clients to give feedback about what feels useful.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Sessions can take place by video call or phone when a live conversation is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging provide options for shorter check-ins, skill practice, or when writing feels easier. These formats make it possible to fit therapy into different schedules and support steady progress without long commutes.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Michelle
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- Nothing to set up just to look
- Stop at any point