Michelle Kohut

Compassionate clinician guiding personal and relational growth

LCPC Nevada

Experience: 12 years in practice
Focus areas: Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Trauma and abuse
Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages: English

About Michelle

Michelle Kohut is an Nevada-based licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) with 12 years of experience helping people navigate emotional and interpersonal challenges. She creates an affirming, empathetic environment where clients can explore identity, relationship concerns, and personal growth while working through depression, anxiety, trauma, and stress.

Background and approach

Her practice emphasizes individualized care and a collaborative working relationship that honors each person’s story. Michelle blends evidence-based methods with a warm, client-centered stance to support skills development and emotional processing.

She often helps clients improve communication, manage workplace and life transition stressors, and address issues such as shame, grief, and intimacy-related concerns. In addition to core concerns like mood and anxiety disorders, she brings attention to a wide range of focus areas including addiction, ADHD, body image, and caregiving stress.

Clients can expect practical tools alongside reflective exploration aimed at building resilience and healthier patterns. Michelle’s work integrates cognitive and experiential techniques with mindfulness to help people move toward clearer self-understanding and more satisfying relationships.

Using Evidence-Based Approaches Online

Michelle often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Client-Centered Therapy in her online practice. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms like anxiety or depression, and it provides concrete skills for coping with stress and managing mood. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, acceptance, and the client’s own capacity for growth, creating space for exploration of identity, relationships, and self-esteem concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic work, and Michelle collaborates with clients to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She tailors interventions over time, blending skill teaching with reflective processing so that therapy remains responsive and practical for each person.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, access sessions from varied locations within Nevada, and choose the mode of communication that best supports progress and engagement.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Michelle address?

She works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, addictions, relationship and family concerns, grief, eating and body image struggles, parenting and career challenges, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.

What is Michelle's therapeutic style?

Her style is collaborative and client-centered, combining empathy with practical skill-building and reflective work to help clients improve communication, self-esteem, and coping strategies.

How much experience does she have?

Michelle has 12 years of clinical experience working with a variety of emotional and relational issues.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She holds the LCPC credential and practices in Nevada; her license is listed as NV LCPC CP0230.

Does she provide services in other languages or to international clients?

Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.

What session formats are available?

Michelle offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and scheduling needs.

How is cost handled for sessions?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions operate through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with Michelle?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyLGBTTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesDepression

Also works with

AddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefEating disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changes Compassion fatigue ADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shame ImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCD Panic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Gottman MethodMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

12+ years

Licensed

Nevada

Languages

English