I help you break free from self-limiting beliefs and step into a more empowered version of yourself.

Michelle is a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate (LPC-A) who works with teens and adults navigating perfectionism, anxiety, burnout, life transitions, and challenges related to identity and self-worth. Originally from Connecticut, she earned her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Fairfield University and her Master of Science in Counseling from Southern Methodist University.

Michelle is passionate about helping high-achieving individuals untangle their worth from their performance. Many of the clients she works with appear successful on the outside but internally struggle with constant self-pressure, fear of failure, perfectionism, burnout, or uncertainty about who they are beyond their achievements. Her goal is to help clients build confidence, emotional resilience, and a stronger sense of self that is not dependent on success, productivity, or external validation.

Her clinical focus includes supporting teens and adults navigating anxiety, emotional overwhelm, self-worth struggles, relationship challenges, burnout, major life transitions, and questions surrounding identity and purpose. She especially enjoys working with athletes, performers, young adults, entrepreneurs, and other high-achieving individuals who feel stuck, disconnected, or exhausted from the pressure to constantly perform.

As a former ballerina, Michelle has a special interest in supporting dancers, performers, and athletes navigating performance pressure, perfectionism, body image concerns, burnout, injury recovery, and identity beyond their sport or craft. She understands firsthand the unique challenges that can arise when achievement becomes closely tied to self-worth and is passionate about helping clients develop a healthier relationship with themselves both on and off the stage, field, or court.

Michelle's therapeutic style is warm, collaborative, insight-oriented, and grounded in creating a space where clients feel genuinely heard, supported, and understood. She believes meaningful change happens when clients gain greater awareness of the beliefs, patterns, and experiences shaping their lives while developing practical tools to move forward with confidence and intention. She also integrates faith-based practices for clients who find spirituality meaningful within their healing journey.

In addition to her counseling work, Michelle completed Strategic Intervention Life Coach training through Tony Robbins and Cloé Madanes’ Core 100 certification program. Her coaching foundation includes principles from Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), an approach that explores how thoughts, language, beliefs, and behavioral patterns influence emotional experiences and personal growth. While her counseling work is grounded in evidence-based therapeutic practices, this additional training informs her interest in mindset, behavior change, and helping clients create lasting transformation.

In her free time, Michelle enjoys dance classes, walking the Katy Trail, watching the Dallas Mavericks, exploring Dallas’ restaurant scene, and spending time with friends and family.

Michelle is supervised by Morton Nixon, MS, LPC.