Michelle Burdick, LPC

Michelle Burdick is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Michigan who works with individuals facing change, stress, and life transitions. She brings three years of clinical experience to her work and specializes in areas such as anxiety, depression, self-esteem, career concerns, grief, anger, and coping with life changes. She also provides focused support for people navigating cancer, fertility issues, questions of life purpose, and social anxiety or phobia.

Michelle integrates practical, evidence-informed techniques with reflective exploration to help clients clarify values, manage difficult emotions, and move toward meaningful goals. She employs cognitive strategies to address unhelpful thoughts and uses mindfulness-based practices to strengthen present-moment awareness and everyday coping skills. In career-focused sessions she emphasizes exploration, confidence building, and actionable steps that support professional transitions and decision-making.

Her approach is collaborative and tailored to each person’s needs, balancing short-term problem solving with opportunities for deeper personal insight. Michelle provides services in English and accepts international clients, offering flexible options to accommodate different schedules and life circumstances.

Approaches for online support and life transitions

Michelle often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - a practical approach that helps identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress-related concerns because it focuses on skills that can reduce distress and improve daily functioning.

She also draws on Existential Therapy, which explores meaning, values, and personal responsibility. This approach can help people facing major life changes, questions about purpose, or challenges related to illness and fertility by encouraging deeper reflection and choices aligned with personal priorities.

Mindfulness Therapy is another component of her practice, teaching simple awareness and grounding techniques that support emotional regulation and reduce reactivity. These practices pair well with cognitive strategies for coping with anxiety and social phobia.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Michelle works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Sessions can emphasize short-term problem solving or more exploratory work depending on what the client seeks.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions may take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to fit counseling into busy schedules, manage appointments across time zones, and maintain continuity of care despite life changes.