Originally from the Midwest, Michelle has rooted herself in the Las Vegas community.
Michelle is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and Licensed Clinical Alcohol Drug Counselor (LCADC)
providing psychotherapy to adults 20 years old and older. Michelle earned her bachelor’s degree in
Psychology from Argosy University, Chicago. Before completing her master’s degree, she earned her CADC
(certified alcohol drug counselor) certification. During her time as a substance use counselor, she
realized she wanted to be able to provide more therapeutic services to clients and returned to college
to obtain her master’s degree in social work from Boston University. Michelle has worked for a medication
assisted treatment (MAT) agency, a harm reduction agency in which she traveled the state of Nevada to provide
assessments for clients in rural areas seeking MAT and/or were incarcerated seeking substance use treatment,
a behavioral health hospital, and a couple agencies that worked with court mandated clients to receive treatment
for substance use. Michelle has provided treatment in a behavioral health hospital setting, PHP, IOP, group therapy
and individual therapy.
Michelle believes that just as most people have a primary care doctor, the same should be true for having a therapist. We cannot handle everything on our own. The relationship between a therapist and a client is a very special and delicate relationship; it requires vulnerability, honesty, and a willingness to understand the importance of change. While you cannot control what happened to you, you can control how you recover from it. Michelle comes from a client centered and strengths-based approach to meet her client where they are at and progress forward from there. Michelle understands that you are the expert on your life and your life experiences. She will help guide you on your journey to Evoke Insight. Michelle looks forward to meeting you and would be humbled to help you on your journey.
A motto that Michelle lives by is "If we aren't challenging ourselves we aren't changing ourselves".