Michelle MacDonald is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction.
01About Michelle
Michelle MacDonald is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction. She speaks in a calm, straightforward way and aims to make the first steps feel less overwhelming. Her practice is also attentive to grief and self-esteem struggles.
Michelle works from Alabama and offers services in English, including to international clients. She uses client-centered techniques alongside cognitive behavioral strategies. Sessions are shaped around what each person needs, with practical steps to try between meetings.
Background and approach
Michelle encourages brief daily messages when helpful and usually replies at least once a day during working hours. Her practice has grown over a decade, and she draws on that experience when guiding people through change. She pays attention to life transitions such as divorce, caregiving, and end-of-life concerns.
She also supports people facing cancer, aging and geriatric issues, and recovery from substance use problems. Michelle is familiar with trauma-related concerns including post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury. She also addresses panic, social anxiety, codependency, guilt and shame, and issues many women raise about life purpose and self-love.
Each plan reflects the client’s goals and pace. Hours vary to fit different schedules, and she offers multiple ways to connect. Michelle aims to create a space where people feel heard and can try new coping skills.
She emphasizes steady progress and practical tools to help daily life.
02Credentials
- LPC (Alabama)
- License LPC05655 · expires July 2027
- NPI
- 1972017945 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Michelle lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
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04Online support
How her approaches fit with online therapy
Michelle blends client-centered care with cognitive behavioral strategies to help people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Cognitive behavioral techniques break problems into small parts, teach coping skills, and focus on doable goals for anxiety, panic, and depression. Client-centered work emphasizes listening, validating your experience, and shaping sessions around what matters most to you.She may also include practical behavioral strategies for addictions and grief that focus on routines, coping plans, and gradual exposure to feared situations. These approaches are aimed at day-to-day improvements like reducing panic attacks, managing cravings, or handling difficult losses rather than quick fixes.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with you about your needs, goals, and how you like to work. Together you will test methods and adjust the plan so it matches your life and progress.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit counseling into a busy schedule. Video is useful when you want face-to-face interaction; phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited or for a simpler check-in. Live chat and text allow short, practical check-ins and ongoing support between sessions. These options give flexibility for different days and needs while keeping care focused on your goals.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does she commonly address?
Michelle helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, and addictions. She also supports grief, self-esteem problems, and related life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
The approach is client-centered with practical cognitive behavioral techniques. Sessions focus on clear steps and skills you can try between meetings.
How long has she practiced?
She brings ten years of experience working with a range of concerns and life transitions.
What credentials and location apply?
She holds the LPC credential as a Licensed Professional Counselor and practices from Alabama.
Can I work with her if I live outside the U.S.?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What formats are available for sessions?
She meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs.
How is cost 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?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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