Michon Whiterose, CSW

Michon Whiterose is a licensed Alaska CSW (Clinical Social Worker) with seven years of professional experience supporting individuals and families through change. She centers clients as the experts of their own stories and draws on their strengths to address challenges related to stress, anxiety, addiction, relationships, trauma, and self-esteem. Her practice also focuses on issues such as attachment and abandonment, body image, grief from divorce and separation, forgiveness, guilt and shame, life purpose, post-traumatic stress, self-love, and social anxiety.

Michon brings specialized training in cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavioral therapy alongside expressive arts therapy, combining structured evidence-based techniques with creative approaches to support healing. She has experience in substance abuse treatment, parenting and working with children, and rural behavioral health. As an Alaska Native clinician, she has extensive experience working with Native American and Alaska Native people and integrates cultural awareness into her work when appropriate.

Michon emphasizes the courage it takes to seek a happier, more fulfilling life and offers collaborative support to empower clients through that journey. She provides therapy through a range of remote options to meet clients where they are and help them move toward meaningful change.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Care

Michon uses a blend of proven therapeutic methods tailored to each person's needs. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress. Dialectical behavioral therapy, or DBT, teaches skills in emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness to help with intense emotions and relationship challenges. Expressive arts therapy integrates creative activities like drawing or movement to access feelings and foster healing, which can be especially helpful for trauma and for clients who find nonverbal expression freeing.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Michon works collaboratively with clients to select methods that match their goals, preferences, and cultural background. Licensed professionals guide this shared decision making to adjust techniques as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to engage in care, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options can make it easier to schedule sessions, maintain continuity when life is busy, and access support from rural locations like many areas in Alaska. Michon uses these formats to create a practical, client-centered path toward well being.