Michelle Wildy, LCSW-C

Michelle Wildy is a licensed clinical social worker with more than 33 years of practice. She works with people facing depression, anxiety, grief, and relationship ups and downs. Michelle helps clients manage big life changes with steady, practical support. She focuses on clear communication in the room. Sessions often include developing coping skills, learning ways to reduce stress, and improving how people relate to partners or close others. Michelle emphasizes self-compassion and grounded steps clients can use between meetings. Her background spans many life stages and situations. That includes work with adoption and foster care concerns, aging and geriatric issues, blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, and cancer-related challenges. She also supports people dealing with attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, commitment struggles, and dissociation. Michelle draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide the work. She aims to make therapy practical and understandable, using straightforward language and concrete strategies rather than clinical jargon. Clients leave with tools they can test in daily life. People who connect best with Michelle tend to want a collaborative, calm therapist who listens and offers structure. She brings empathy without minimizing hard feelings. Her approach suits those who want steady guidance through grief, relationship strain, or major life transitions.

Evidence-Based Techniques and Online Support

Michelle uses a few evidence-based approaches in her work and explains them in everyday terms. Cognitive behavioral techniques help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try alternative ways of thinking and acting to reduce anxiety or low mood. Mindfulness-based stress reduction teaches simple attention and breathing practices to lower stress and increase calm in daily life. Acceptance and commitment ideas focus on clarifying values and taking committed steps, even when feelings are difficult.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Michelle discusses options with each person and adjusts methods based on the client's goals, preferences, and progress. She aims to create a plan that feels manageable and relevant to real-life situations.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy routine, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also make it simpler to use techniques between sessions, since many exercises translate directly to daily life.