Michelle Pellin, LMHC, LPC

Michelle Pellin is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, depression, and midlife transitions. She brings 11 years of professional experience and a calm, accepting presence to sessions. Michelle is open and affirming to people across diverse identities and backgrounds, including LGBT clients. She holds LMHC and LPC credentials and works from a holistic perspective that attends to mind, body, and spirit.

Michelle earned two master’s degrees, one in Behavioral Medicine and Health Psychology and another in Human Services and Counseling. For nearly 20 years she served as a licensed therapeutic foster parent, mostly supporting teens with mental and emotional disabilities, and she adopted two of those young people. She also spent seven years as a case manager advocating for people with acquired brain injuries, physical challenges, and older adults.

In sessions she aims to listen without judgment and offer gentle guidance when helpful. She encourages clients to notice how past experiences shape current patterns and to build strengths that support change. Michelle uses practical tools from cognitive behavioral and mindfulness-based approaches alongside acceptance-oriented work.

Her style is collaborative and grounded. She invites people to set the pace and keeps tasks realistic and achievable. Michelle also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills and motivational strategies when they fit the client’s goals.

People who want a therapist with experience in trauma, grief, addictions, ADHD, or caregiving stress often seek her out. Anyone unsure about next steps can begin with a short questionnaire to find a match and then schedule according to the therapist’s availability.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping clients clarify what matters most and take committed steps toward those values, even when difficult thoughts or feelings show up. It can help with midlife reevaluation, stress, and meaning-driven changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) aims to identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and replace them with practical skills and experiments to reduce anxiety or depressive symptoms. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and grounding exercises to reduce reactivity and improve everyday focus.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and how they like to solve problems. Together they adjust methods so the plan fits the person rather than forcing a single technique.

The profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing shorter check-ins around work or caregiving schedules. It can also let people practice skills in the environments where they live and work, and sessions can be adapted to focus on homework, skill-building, or processing depending on what the client wants.