- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
- ACT and CBT approaches
- Eating disorder experience
About Michelle
Michelle Evans is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Maryland and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) in Vermont with 17 years of experience. She focuses on concerns such as stress, anxiety, eating and food-related issues, parenting, and coping with life changes. She also works with topics like trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, self-esteem, career concerns, depression, and compassion fatigue.
Michelle combines Emotionally-Focused Therapy with other practical approaches to help people notice and name difficult emotions. Sessions often include elements of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address thoughts and behaviors that get in the way of daily life. She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills when emotional regulation and distress tolerance are priorities.
Her background includes substantial work with eating disorders and obsessive-compulsive patterns, along with experience supporting parents who are managing behavioral issues with adolescents and teenagers. Michelle has worked across community and clinical settings for many years and brings that breadth into each session.
Michelle aims for straightforward conversation about what is happening now and what changes might help. She uses clear tools people can practice between sessions, like emotion-focused exercises, behavioral experiments, and mindfulness skills. Progress is shaped by the client’s goals and what works in their daily life.
Sessions are conducted in English. Michelle practices in Vermont and uses a subscription-based system for payment that can be canceled at any time. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How EFT, ACT and CBT can work in remote sessions
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people and couples identify and name hard-to-reach feelings and see how those emotions shape relationship patterns. It focuses on understanding emotional responses so you can try different ways of relating to yourself and others.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) emphasizes noticing thoughts and feelings without needing to fight them, then choosing actions that fit your values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviors interact and offers practical experiments to change unhelpful patterns. Both approaches are useful for anxiety, mood challenges, and behavior change.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michelle will collaborate with each person to decide which methods suit their goals, needs, and preferences. That may mean mixing EFT with ACT or CBT skills to focus on emotional awareness and behavior change together.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Licensed professionals can use remote work to practice emotion-focused exercises, teach skills like mindfulness or DBT techniques, and set small experiments clients can try between meetings.
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Experience
17+ years
Listed in
Maryland, Vermont
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, eating and food-related issues, parenting and coping with life changes, plus trauma, intimacy issues, self-esteem, career concerns, depression, ADHD and related topics.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside ACT, CBT and DBT elements to help people name emotions and change unhelpful patterns.
What is her professional experience?
She has 17 years of clinical experience, including extensive work with eating disorders and obsessive-compulsive patterns and support for parents of adolescents and teenagers.
What credentials and location apply to her practice?
She holds LCPC and LCMHC credentials and practices in Vermont.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats here, so confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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