Michele is a Licensed Mental Health counselor, originally from Buffalo, NY she obtained her Master of Arts from Medaille College and spent her time working in an co-occurring outpatient clinic before moving to Tampa in 2020. In her time as a therapist Michele has had the opportunity to work with both and adults and adolescents from diverse backgrounds struggling with unique concerns ranging from anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, trauma, high risk youth, addiction, and individuals coping with severe and persistent mental illness.
Michele believes that her number one priority as a therapist is creating a safe and authentic environment to provide individuals with a space for healing and transformation. She draws from a variety of therapeutic approaches to deliver a unique approach that is custom fit to the individual. She enjoys drawing from a variety of holistic approaches and loves to use psycho-dynamic, solution focused and acceptance and commitment frameworks to assist clients in creating transformations that ascend into every area of their lives. Michele’s favorite part of being a therapist is watching her clients put all the pieces together and watching the inner alchemy unfold as they transform their lives and worlds around them.
Outside of work Michele enjoys the beach, trips to Disney World, cooking, watching football (Go Bills!), hiking, kayaking, and being an advocate for Congenital Heart Defect research and peer support as well as having a passion for suicide prevention and advocacy.
