- Years in practice
- 10
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- New York
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Grief
About Michele
Michele Karloff is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and parenting challenges. She works in a straightforward, empathetic way so parents feel heard and understood from the start. She uses practical conversation and active listening to identify what feels most urgent.
Michele draws on Client-Centered Therapy to follow each person’s concerns and pace. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors.
Background and approach
Michele has ten years of clinical experience in New York. Much of her background includes hospital-based work and group counseling. That experience shaped her ability to respond to a wide range of concerns and to work with people facing big life transitions.
In sessions she focuses on realistic steps families and individuals can take between meetings. That might mean experimenting with a new way to communicate, trying a small behavior change, or practicing a breathing or grounding exercise. Michele keeps recommendations simple and practical so they fit busy family life.
She is comfortable addressing related issues such as grief, self-esteem, career stress, adoption and foster care concerns, aging and end-of-life matters, and immigration-related stress. Sessions are offered in English and Michele accepts international clients who can join from other locations.
What Michele works with
Everything Michele lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Michele helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
Approaches Michele lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Michele’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following what matters to the client. The therapist reflects what you say, asks questions to clarify, and supports your goals so you stay in control of the process. This approach is useful for people who need emotional support, are dealing with grief, or are sorting through parenting concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Michele helps clients spot patterns that cause stress or anxiety and then tests small behavior changes to see what helps. CBT is often used for anxiety, low mood, and habits related to addiction or self-esteem struggles.
Choosing the right approach is a joint process. Michele will talk with you about your goals, try methods that feel comfortable, and adjust plans based on what helps most. That collaborative process means therapy can change as your needs evolve.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let you work face-to-face, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging can fit short check-ins or busy days. These options make it easier to keep regular appointments around parenting and work demands, and to try therapeutic tools between sessions.
Questions people ask about Michele
What kinds of concerns does Michele address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, self-esteem, parenting, and career issues, along with related concerns like adoption and foster care, aging and end-of-life topics, immigration, and body image.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Michele blends client-centered listening with practical tools. She listens closely, follows what matters most to you, and offers specific strategies you can try between sessions.
What is her background and experience?
She has ten years of clinical experience and prior hospital-based work. That background includes individual and group counseling across a range of concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is an LCSW licensed in New York and practices from that region while working with clients remotely.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, and Michele also accepts international clients who can join from other locations.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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