About Michelle
Michelle Curry draws on 21 years of clinical experience to guide people through emotional challenges using evidence-based therapeutic techniques. As an LCSW she emphasizes empathy and practical tools to help individuals understand patterns that affect their mood, relationships, and daily functioning.
Background and approach
Michelle aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where each person’s concerns are heard and validated, and where steady progress is the shared goal. Her practice addresses a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating difficulties, bipolar disorder, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and career-related stress.
Additional focus areas include abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, body image, caregiver stress, communication problems, and responses to natural or human-caused disasters. Michelle works with clients to set realistic goals and to apply strategies that fit their lives and values.
Based in Illinois, Michelle offers flexible session formats and supports people through transitions and complex emotional concerns. She encourages those seeking help to take the first step toward better understanding themselves and the dynamics shaping their wellbeing.
Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Care
Michelle practices using evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear strategies and measurable progress. One common approach emphasizes identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression and improve daily functioning. Another method centers on trauma-informed work, helping clients process stressful or painful experiences while building coping skills and emotional regulation.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to match techniques to the individual's needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting methods over time as progress and priorities evolve. This partnership helps ensure that treatment feels relevant and practical for the client.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility by allowing sessions via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, continue care through life changes, and access support without commuting. Licensed professionals can adapt interventions to each format so clients can pursue meaningful work on stress, relationships, grief, trauma, and other concerns in ways that suit their daily lives.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English