Michelle Kohut, LCPC
Therapist guiding practical change and self-understanding
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- Affirming approach
- Practical skills
- Relationship focus
About Michelle
Michelle Kohut is a Nevada-licensed clinician with 12 years of experience helping people through major life changes and emotional struggles. She creates an affirming, compassionate setting where clients can talk about identity, relationships, and personal goals. Michelle focuses on practical steps that make daily life more manageable for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or grief.
Her work often centers on improving communication and self-understanding. She helps clients notice unhelpful patterns and try different ways of responding. Sessions include straightforward conversation, reflective listening, and gentle skill-building to reduce anxiety and increase coping options.
Michelle often supports people navigating relationship and intimacy concerns. She also helps those facing workplace stress, identity questions, or the fallout from trauma and loss. Her approach balances emotional exploration with concrete strategies for change.
She draws on client-centered methods to prioritize the person’s goals and values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools are used to shift thoughts and behaviors that cause distress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas guide work on attachment and closeness when relationship pain is central.
Clients can expect a collaborative process that matches goals to methods. Michelle aims to help people build resilience, better communication, and clearer direction during transitions such as midlife re-evaluation. Prospective clients are invited to consider whether this practical, person-focused way of working fits their needs.
Her work often centers on improving communication and self-understanding. She helps clients notice unhelpful patterns and try different ways of responding. Sessions include straightforward conversation, reflective listening, and gentle skill-building to reduce anxiety and increase coping options.
Michelle often supports people navigating relationship and intimacy concerns. She also helps those facing workplace stress, identity questions, or the fallout from trauma and loss. Her approach balances emotional exploration with concrete strategies for change.
She draws on client-centered methods to prioritize the person’s goals and values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools are used to shift thoughts and behaviors that cause distress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas guide work on attachment and closeness when relationship pain is central.
Clients can expect a collaborative process that matches goals to methods. Michelle aims to help people build resilience, better communication, and clearer direction during transitions such as midlife re-evaluation. Prospective clients are invited to consider whether this practical, person-focused way of working fits their needs.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
AddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefEating disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Gottman MethodMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy
Experience
12+ years
Credentials
Nevada
Languages
English
Approach-focused online therapy and practical tools
Michelle often draws on Client-Centered Therapy to make sure sessions reflect each person's goals and values. This approach emphasizes listening, validation, and letting the client guide the pace of work. It is useful when someone needs a calm space to clarify identity, midlife questions, or emotional priorities.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. CBT offers clear techniques for managing anxiety, depression, and stress by changing unhelpful thinking and building new coping habits.
Finding the right method is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with people to choose approaches that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Clients and therapist adjust methods over time based on what helps most.
Confirm current session options before booking to know which formats are available. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people meet with a licensed professional from different locations within the same region, making ongoing work easier to maintain.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Michelle commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, and challenges related to identity and life transitions.
What is her style in therapy?
Her style is collaborative and empathetic. She combines listening with practical exercises to help clients change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
What experience does she bring?
Michelle has 12 years of experience working with people across a range of emotional and relationship concerns.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She holds an LCPC license, listed as NV LCPC, and practices in Nevada.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with clients outside the United States?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.