Michelle Merindino

Michelle Merindino is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in New York. She brings six years of clinical experience and focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, mood concerns, and life transitions. Michelle creates a calm, respectful space where people can start to feel understood and heard.

Her approach is person-centered and humanistic, which means sessions begin with listening. Michelle aims to build trust and work at each person's pace. She helps clients name emotions, notice patterns, and find clearer ways to cope with daily pressures.

Michelle also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts and feelings affect behavior. Together clients identify unhelpful thinking, test new ideas, and try different actions that can change day-to-day life. She combines this with attachment-focused ideas to look at how past relationships shape current reactions.

In practical terms Michelle supports people who struggle with depression, anxiety, panic, mood disorders, and issues like body image, codependency, and workplace stress. She also addresses concerns tied to trauma, addictions, anger, and relationship challenges. Her work often includes building communication skills, increasing self-awareness, and developing coping strategies.

Michelle describes therapy as a collaborative process. She tailors sessions to each person's goals and preferences, and she recommends approaches that match what a person needs in the moment. The aim is clearer thinking, steadier mood, and more effective day-to-day functioning.

How Michelle’s approaches shape online therapy

Michelle uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors; this approach can be useful for anxiety, panic, and mood concerns. Attachment-Based Therapy is also part of her work and looks at how early relationships affect current reactions and patterns in close relationships.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Michelle listens to goals and preferences, and she adjusts which methods she uses over time. Clients and the therapist decide together what feels most helpful for each step of the work.

Confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, let people check in from different locations, and shorten time spent traveling. It also allows sessions to focus on skill practice or brief check-ins when that suits a client's needs. Licensed professionals can adapt sessions to the practical realities of daily life while working toward clearer thinking and steadier mood.