Michele Koenes, LMSW, LCSW
Michigan · 11 years in practice
Michele Koenes is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions.
License and registration
- LMSW, Michigan
- 6801065517 · expires April 2028
- LCSW, California
- 118004 · expires September 2027
- LCSW, New Hampshire
- 3943 · expires June 2026
- NPI
- 1497361059 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 11
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Michele
Michele Koenes is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. She works with adults facing grief, trauma, relationship struggles, parenting strain, and challenges like ADHD, eating or sleeping problems, and career stress. Michele communicates plainly and aims to make sessions feel manageable for someone worried or overwhelmed.
She combines a practical focus with thoughtful conversation. Michele uses Existential therapy to help people find meaning and direction when life feels confusing.
Background and approach
She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to teach skills for coping and changing unhelpful patterns. Before clinical practice, Michele worked as a litigation attorney and as a teacher. Those roles helped her learn to listen closely, explain things clearly, and support people through stressful processes.
She has practiced for 11 years and holds LMSW and LCSW credentials. Michele has experience in both inpatient and outpatient settings with young adults, adults, and older adults. Her approach is collaborative - she follows each person’s pace and priorities while offering tools and perspective.
Sessions aim to balance honest reflection with concrete steps forward. She offers sessions to people in Michigan and provides services in English. Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
Therapy uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time and cost varies by location and therapist availability.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Michele lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Michele names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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Online support
How Michele’s Approaches Work Online
Michele uses Existential therapy to help people clarify values and find meaning when life feels uncertain or empty. This approach focuses on the big questions of identity, purpose, and choice and can be useful for people facing major life changes or feelings of emptiness.She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which teaches acceptance of difficult feelings while taking actions that match personal values. ACT can help with anxiety, depression, and ongoing stress by building flexibility rather than trying to eliminate uncomfortable thoughts. Additionally, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and practice more effective behaviors for mood and day-to-day functioning.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. Michele will work with each person to clarify goals, try different strategies, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. She aims to match techniques to a person’s needs and pace rather than following a fixed formula.
Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and shared materials, phone sessions can be easier with lower bandwidth, chat sessions work well for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules while trying different ways of connecting.
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Questions people ask
What issues does Michele commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and parenting concerns, and related struggles such as eating, sleeping, and addiction issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic approach?
Her style is collaborative and responsive. She uses Existential therapy alongside ACT and CBT techniques to help people find meaning and build coping skills.
What background and experience does she bring?
She has 11 years of practice in inpatient and outpatient settings and also has prior experience as a litigation attorney and teacher, which informs her practical communication and support skills.
What are her credentials and location?
She holds LMSW and LCSW credentials and practices with a Michigan presence.
Which languages and international clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps do I take to begin working together?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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