Michelle Williams

LCSW
Accepting Clients

I take a personalized and compassionate approach to treating all clients, starting where the client is with their presenting problems.

Addictions Counselor in New York

Services

About My Clients

While I work within a wide range of issues, I have expertise in complex trauma, anxiety, depression, OCD, and issues related to 'otherness', stigma and LGBTQAA+ issues. I have the experience, insight, and am prepared to help you transform, be relieved of your symptoms and be empowered, centered, focused, and to reclaim their self-agency. In a safe and supportive environment, clients feel comfortable exploring, understanding, and alleviating symptoms and overcome personal struggles.

My Background and Approach

I specialize in humanistic, relational, and psychodynamic therapeutic modalities. I also integrate client-specific practices and evidence-based modalities as appropriate into all aspects of clinical interactions. I collaborate with clients to lift their constraints and develop new ways of being and becoming in their lives, with a focus on an individual's essential nature and inherent capacity to transform and fully realize their individual and unique potential.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

I know growth can be challenging; if it were easy, therapy would not be needed. But I firmly believe that anyone who is motivated to change, grow, and transform into their optimal self can do it here. People mostly suffer from what I describe as the 'human condition', whereby we fall prey to negative stereotypes, adverse experiences, and symptoms that have convinced us that we are inadequate, unlovable, broken, or weak. We are not the sum of our thoughts, and when we redirect our thoughts toward the truth, we begin to see the glimmer of positivity and goodness and know that we are worthwhile, beautiful and deserving to be happy. If you feel hesitant because you're not sure you have what it takes, please talk to me and I will help you see that you do, because I have the ability to align with your truth and mirror it back to you. You are a beautiful, worthy, lovable soul having a human experience.

Techniques I Use

Specialties

Issues I Treat

Specialties
Insurance Plans Accepted
  • Out of Network
  • Aetna
  • Cigna
  • Anthem
  • Optum
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS)
  • United Healthcare
I offer online counseling in the following states:
I have experience with the following
  • Buddhism
  • Wicca/Paganism
  • Interfaith
  • Multifaith

At A Glance

  • Experience: 12 years of practice
  • Rate: $175 - 200/session

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