Michelle Kunick
Compassionate, practical care for real-life struggles
LCSW Kentucky
- Experience
- 3 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Addictions, Trauma and abuse, Grief
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Michelle
Michelle Kunick is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who began practicing in 2018. She brings a direct, caring style to sessions and focuses on practical steps people can use to feel steadier day to day.
Background and approach
Michelle speaks plainly and aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space for conversation. She works with individuals around challenges such as addiction, substance use, trauma, grief, depression, anxiety, and stress.
She also helps people coping with relationship strain, family problems, anger, bipolar disorder, and major life changes. Additional focus areas include codependency, communication problems, family of origin issues, and post-traumatic stress.
Her approach is collaborative and strengths-based. Sessions are interactive and tailored to each person's needs.
She draws on client-centered techniques alongside methods that address thinking patterns and emotional regulation to help clients build new habits and perspectives. Michelle describes her counseling style as warm and relational.
She emphasizes respect, compassion, and kindness and avoids stigmatizing labels. Practical exercises, goal-setting, and skill practice are common parts of her work together with clients.
People who choose Michelle can expect a personalized plan that combines short-term skills with longer-term change. She aims to help clients develop tools they can use outside sessions so progress carries into daily life.
The focus is on steady steps toward clearer thinking, healthier reactions, and improved relationships.
Approaches to healing that work online
Michelle blends methods that focus on relationships and practical skills. The Gottman Method emphasizes concrete communication and conflict skills that people can practice between sessions to improve interactions and reduce recurring fights. Client-centered therapy prioritizes listening and collaboration so clients set the agenda and feel heard while exploring personal values and goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with clear exercises and homework to shift patterns that fuel anxiety, depression, or substance use.Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Michelle will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms, and preferences and then recommend a mix of strategies. That collaborative planning helps shape a flexible treatment plan that can change as progress is made.
Online formats offer practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls allow for face-to-face interaction and role practice, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low, live chat suits short check-ins or scheduling needs, and text-based messaging supports brief updates or coping reminders between sessions. These options make it easier to fit consistent work into daily routines and keep momentum between meetings.
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Experience
3+ years
Licensed in
Kentucky
Languages
English