Michele Keller, LPC

Michele Keller is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Missouri. She has about 15 years of overall professional experience, and counseling became her second career after many years in the travel industry. Michele helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, low self-esteem, grief, and major life transitions, including struggles related to addiction and ADHD.

Her style is warm and practical. She draws on techniques that help people manage strong emotions and handle day-to-day problems. Michele emphasizes mindfulness, emotion regulation, and clearer communication as paths to feeling more steady and capable.

Michele has worked in private practice and in intensive outpatient settings. That range means she is used to both focused short-term work and longer-term therapy depending on what someone needs. She values straightforward, collaborative planning so sessions have clear goals and steps.

Sessions often center on learning skills from cognitive and dialectical behavior approaches. People can expect to practice tools for reducing anxiety, tolerating distress, and improving relationships. Michele also uses motivational interviewing and client-centered methods to help people find what matters to them and stay engaged in change.

Her prior career in travel exposed her to many regions and cultures across the US and Europe, which she says helped her stay open-minded and culturally aware. Michele aims to be encouraging and practical while helping people take manageable steps toward better daily functioning.

How Michele’s Approaches Work Online

Michele often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people recognize and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. CBT is practical and can reduce anxiety, improve mood, and help with sleep and stress. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal effectiveness. DBT skills are useful when emotions feel intense or relationships are strained.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michele will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and pace. Together they set clear, achievable steps and adjust the plan as progress is made.

The therapist’s biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online care can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, save travel time, and provide a way to practice skills between meetings. Some formats also allow shorter check-ins or audio-only options when that better fits a person’s schedule or bandwidth. Talk with Michele to choose what will work best for regular therapy and realistic follow-through.