About Michelle
Michelle Forgey is a licensed mental health counselor in Indiana with 14 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, and major life changes. Michelle aims to make therapy straightforward and approachable for worried parents and busy adults.
She creates a warm, respectful environment where people can talk about what feels hard. Sessions focus on practical skills for coping, ways to process difficult experiences, and steps to regain emotional balance.
Background and approach
Michelle listens first, then helps identify small changes that can make daily life easier. Her work draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques and a holistic view of mental wellness. That means combining proven strategies with attention to personal values and life context.
The goal is to help people build stronger coping habits and find stable ground after upheaval. Michelle often helps clients sort through traumatic memories and the anxiety that follows. She also guides people through transitions like career shifts, relationship changes, or other major life events.
Therapy is paced to fit each person’s needs and comfort level. Throughout her practice she emphasizes collaboration and respect. Clients can expect clear explanations, concrete tools to try between sessions, and support as they test new ways of coping.
Michelle offers sessions that aim to be realistic, usable, and focused on steady progress.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Michelle uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people cope and recover. One approach emphasizes practical coping skills for anxiety and stress - teaching breathing, grounding, and step-by-step plans to manage overwhelming moments. These tools are meant to reduce immediate distress and make daily life more manageable.Another focus is trauma-informed work that helps people process difficult memories at a pace they can handle. This involves gentle, structured ways to talk about what happened and build safety in everyday routines. These methods aim to reduce the hold of past events and restore a sense of control.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Michelle will discuss options, listen to a person’s goals and preferences, and adapt techniques to fit each situation. Decisions about what to try next are made collaboratively and can change as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for people with busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when meeting in person is hard. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into short breaks, while live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins or ongoing support between appointments. These formats provide flexibility so therapy can be woven into daily routines.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English