Michelle Harmolin
Compassionate, practical mental health support
LPC New Jersey
- Experience
- 8 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Anger, Self esteem
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Michelle
Michelle Harmolin is an LPC based in New Jersey who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and changes in life circumstances.
Background and approach
With an emphasis on developing healthier self-esteem and coping skills, Michelle works to address issues related to relationships, grief, parenting challenges, addiction, and compassion fatigue. They also attend to concerns such as abandonment, attachment difficulties, codependency, communication struggles, and feelings of emptiness or isolation.
Michelle blends practical strategies and empathic listening to support clients through difficult transitions and patterns that interfere with daily functioning. Their practice draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and incorporates mindfulness and skills-based methods to increase emotional regulation.
Motivational interviewing and solution-focused elements are used to clarify goals and encourage actionable steps toward change. Clients can expect a collaborative, nonjudgmental approach that values each person’s lived experience.
Michelle’s eight years of experience as a licensed professional counselor inform a style that balances evidence-informed methods with an affirming, client-centered stance aimed at building resilience and clearer self-understanding.
Integrating practical therapies for online mental health support
Michelle commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients notice and reframe unhelpful thoughts and patterns, pairing those insights with concrete behavioral changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety, low mood, and unhelpful coping. They also draw on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness for people struggling with intense emotions or impulsivity. Client-Centered Therapy is another key influence, emphasizing empathic listening and collaboration so clients feel understood and guided rather than directed.
Finding the right combination of approaches is treated as a collaborative process. Michelle works with each person to explore goals, preferences, and past experiences with therapy, and then tailors methods to fit what the individual needs most. This phased, cooperative approach allows techniques to be adjusted over time as progress and priorities evolve.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility around work, family, and geographic constraints. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care, try different communication styles, and integrate therapeutic work into a client’s daily life while still receiving guidance from a licensed professional.
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Experience
8+ years
Licensed
New Jersey
Languages
English