Michelle Kisler

Michelle Kisler is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 17 years of experience. She aims to help people handle stress, anxiety, grief, mood changes, and life transitions. Michelle creates a warm, respectful space where clients can be heard and begin to move forward at their own pace.

Her approach centers on the whole person - thoughts, feelings, body, and values. Sessions are tailored to each person’s background and needs, with attention to cultural factors and neurodiversity. She emphasizes practical steps you can try between sessions as well as steady emotional support in the room.

Michelle draws on several ways of working, including client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral tools to shift unhelpful patterns, and mindfulness practices to increase awareness. She also uses solution-focused techniques and motivational interviewing to help people set realistic goals and stay motivated. These methods are adapted to the issue at hand, whether it is trauma recovery, ADHD-related struggles, or caregiver stress.

Her background includes long experience supporting people with mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, traumatic brain injury, and intellectual disability concerns. Michelle also offers help around parenting stress, forgiveness work, isolation, and life-purpose questions. She describes her role as a guide who helps clients find manageable next steps.

To begin, Michelle asks interested people to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on availability. She works from Pennsylvania and conducts sessions in English.

Approaches that translate well to online work

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s experience. It helps people feel heard and clarifies what matters most to them. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches concrete strategies to change them. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and ADHD-related challenges.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each client about goals, preferences, and what feels useful. Together they will try methods and adjust as needed so sessions match the person’s needs.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find online therapy easier to fit into busy days, since it can reduce travel time and make scheduling simpler. It can also allow for shorter check-ins or sessions that match a break at work, and it lets people use mindfulness and CBT tools in the settings where they live and learn to apply them in daily life.