About Rebecca
Dr. Rebecca Michel holds a doctorate in Counseling and brings 16 years of clinical experience to her practice in Illinois.
Background and approach
As an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC), she combines training in strengths-based coaching with a focus on practical, goal-oriented support. Her background includes certification as a Gallup Strengths-Based Coach and training in the Daring Way approach, which inform her emphasis on resilience and personal growth.
Dr. Michel works with people facing stress and anxiety, parenting and relationship concerns, self-esteem and confidence struggles, and career-related difficulties.
She concentrates on helping clients identify and build on existing strengths so they can move through challenges such as caregiver stress, workplace issues, mood concerns, forgiveness and guilt, life purpose questions, pregnancy and childbirth transitions, and midlife shifts. Her style centers on collaborative goal setting and actionable strategies that promote lasting change.
Clients can expect supportive, strengths-focused guidance aimed at both personal and professional goals. Dr.
Michel aims to help individuals clarify priorities, develop practical coping tools, and cultivate greater self-compassion and direction.
Evidence-Informed Approaches and Online Support
Dr. Michel integrates strengths-focused coaching and elements of the Daring Way approach to help clients identify core assets, increase resilience, and move toward meaningful goals. Strengths-based coaching centers on recognizing and developing what already works well for a person, which can reduce anxiety and boost confidence when tackling career or life transitions. The Daring Way approach emphasizes courage, vulnerability, and self-compassion, supporting work around shame, forgiveness, and building healthier interpersonal patterns.Finding the right therapeutic approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist partners with each client to explore which strategies fit their needs and values, adjusting methods over time so goals, preferences, and life circumstances guide the plan for change.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for varied schedules and locations. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care while balancing work, family, or caregiving responsibilities, and they allow licensed professionals to deliver structured, goal-oriented support from wherever the client is located.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English