Michelle Adler, LPC

Michelle Adler is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania with 18 years of experience. She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, relationship concerns, and LGBT-related issues. Michelle emphasizes that clients are the experts in their own stories and that they already have strengths to build on.

She uses straightforward, practical conversations to identify what is harder now and what might help. Sessions focus on small, doable steps that fit into daily life. Michelle listens for patterns around attachment, abandonment, and codependency, and she helps people see how those patterns affect relationships, parenting, work, and self-esteem.

Her background includes nearly two decades of professional work across varied settings in Pennsylvania. That experience includes supporting people with ADHD, bipolar concerns, eating and sleeping difficulties, and compassion fatigue. She also assists with career stress, anger, forgiveness, and coping with life changes.

Michelle pays attention to how past family of origin issues and blended family dynamics show up today. She offers coaching-style support alongside therapy when people want clear goals and practical tools. Her way of working is collaborative: she helps clients choose steps that match their needs and pace.

Sessions are conducted in English and are oriented toward tangible goals like improving sleep, managing intense feelings, or rebuilding intimacy after trauma. Prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire to begin and then schedule based on the therapist's availability.

Approaches that guide online care

Michelle uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that aim to solve problems in clear, practical ways. One common approach she relies on focuses on identifying unhelpful patterns in thinking and behavior and replacing them with small, testable changes that reduce anxiety and improve mood. This is useful for worry, sleep problems, and stress management.

She also attends closely to attachment and relationship patterns. That kind of work highlights how early family dynamics, abandonment concerns, or codependency show up in current relationships and intimacy. It helps people recognize patterns and try new interaction strategies to rebuild trust and closeness.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michelle will collaborate with each client to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She helps set achievable goals and adjusts the plan as progress is made.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session options when you schedule since formats are not specified in the biography. Online care can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Talk with the therapist about what will best match your schedule, comfort with video or phone, and the kinds of tools you want to use during sessions.