Michelle Evans

Compassionate, evidence-informed care for everyday challenges

MD, LCPC, LCMHC Vermont

Experience: 17 years in practice
Focus areas: Stress, Anxiety, Family, Eating
Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Languages: English

About Michelle

Michelle Evans brings 17 years of clinical experience to her practice and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, eating and body image concerns, and major life changes.

Background and approach

She combines practical skills with a supportive, client-centered stance to help clients clarify values, improve coping, and address patterns that undermine wellbeing. Michelle's training spans cognitive behavioral methods and several mindfulness-informed and relational approaches, which she weaves together to match each client's needs.

Licensed as an MD, LCPC, and LCMHC (MD LCPC LC12432, VT LCMHC 068.0136065), Michelle works from Vermont and offers sessions in English. Her background includes extensive work with eating disorders, anxiety, obsessive compulsive patterns, parenting challenges, and a range of relational and identity concerns.

She also attends to issues such as caregiver stress, codependency, dissociation, and family of origin dynamics. Sessions emphasize collaboration, practical strategies, and building coping skills while attending to emotional experience and relationship patterns.

Michelle accepts clients through an online subscription model with multiple session formats and helps clients get started by guiding them through a short matching questionnaire and scheduling process.

Practical approaches and online care that fit your life

Michelle commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and many everyday challenges. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to support people in clarifying their values, developing psychological flexibility, and taking committed action even when difficult feelings arise. Both approaches emphasize practical skills and experiments that can be practiced between sessions.

Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to explore goals, try different techniques, and adjust the plan based on what proves most helpful, combining cognitive, acceptance-based, and client-centered elements to match individual needs and preferences.

Online therapy with Michelle is offered through flexible formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it possible to fit sessions around work, caregiving, and daily life. These options can increase convenience and allow ongoing access to licensed professionals while using therapeutic methods that focus on skills, values, and relationship patterns.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she commonly address?

Michelle works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and body image concerns, parenting and family challenges, trauma and related difficulties, ADHD, and compassion fatigue among other issues.

What therapeutic style does she use?

Her approach blends cognitive behavioral strategies with acceptance and mindfulness-based techniques and client-centered care, allowing practical skill-building alongside emotional processing.

What is her level of experience?

She has 17 years of clinical experience working with a range of concerns including eating disorders, anxiety, OCD patterns, and parenting-related behavior issues.

What credentials and location does she have?

Michelle holds MD, LCPC, and LCMHC credentials with licence details MD LCPC LC12432 and VT LCMHC 068.0136065 and practices from Vermont.

Can she work with non-English speaking clients or international clients?

Michelle offers services in English and is not currently accepting international clients.

In what session formats is she available?

She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.

How are costs and scheduling handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; services use a subscription that can be canceled at any time and scheduling is based on therapist availability.

What are the steps to begin working together?

To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsEating disordersParenting issuesCoping with life changes

Also works with

LGBTRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesSelf esteemCareer difficultiesDepressionCoachingCompassion fatigue ADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAutism and Asperger SyndromeBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDissociationDivorce and separationEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disorders Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD Panic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

17+ years

Licensed

Maryland, Vermont

Languages

English