Dr. Michelle Turnbough
Compassionate clinician using practical, goal-focused therapy
About Michelle
Dr. Michelle Turnbough draws on a client-centered and solution-focused orientation to help people navigate stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, and relationship difficulties.
Background and approach
She practices with an approach that combines cognitive-behavioral techniques, motivational interviewing, and trauma-focused work to set practical goals and build coping skills. Dr.
Turnbough holds the LCPC credential and brings 13 years of documented clinical experience to her practice in Illinois. Her work emphasizes respect, dignity, and a warm, empathetic stance while targeting specific concerns such as depression, grief, anger, parenting struggles, compassion fatigue, and workplace issues.
She also addresses domestic violence, drug and alcohol addiction, multicultural concerns, panic and post-traumatic stress, and questions about life purpose and self-love. Sessions are designed to be collaborative and strength-based, helping clients identify workable strategies and measurable steps toward their goals.
Dr. Turnbough accepts international clients and offers multiple session formats to accommodate varied needs.
She aims to help people move from feeling stuck toward more empowered choices by combining practical interventions with compassionate support.
Integrating Evidence-Based Approaches with Online Care
Dr. Turnbough frequently uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a respectful, empathic environment where clients' goals and values guide the work; this approach helps people feel heard and supported as they explore challenges. She also employs Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which can be effective for issues like anxiety, depression, panic, and mood disorders. Motivational Interviewing is another tool she uses to strengthen a person's own motivation for change, particularly helpful when addressing addictions and ambivalence about treatment.Choosing the right method is a collaborative process. The therapist will work together with each person to assess needs, preferences, and goals, and then tailor an approach that may draw on one or more of these methods so treatment feels personally appropriate and practical.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to engage through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which can make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives or connect across distances. These formats allow licensed professionals to deliver CBT, motivational techniques, solution-focused planning, and trauma-informed strategies in ways that support consistency and convenience for the client.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
What is her clinical background and experience?
What credentials and location information apply?
Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?
What session formats are available?
How are fees and payments handled?
What steps start the process of working together?
Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Anger management
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English