Michelle Zehner, LCSW, LCSW-C

Michelle Zehner is a licensed clinical social worker with clinical licenses in Pennsylvania and Maryland. She brings four years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, trauma, and changes that feel overwhelming. Her approach is grounded and direct, aimed at helping clients take practical steps forward.

She focuses on making sessions a place where people can speak honestly about hard things. Michelle uses listening and guided conversation to help people clarify goals and build motivation. She also incorporates EMDR when processing past traumatic events feels important.

Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Michelle works to reduce overwhelm by breaking problems into manageable pieces. She offers coaching-style support for people wanting clearer direction and steadier routines.

Her background includes clinical work with mood concerns, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, addiction-related struggles, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses specific challenges such as body image, communication problems, infidelity, hoarding, and obsessive-compulsive behaviors.

Michelle explains clinical terms plainly and helps people understand each step of the process. She aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space so clients can try new ways of coping. If you want straightforward support to get unstuck, she may be a good fit.

How these approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s priorities. The therapist offers support, reflection, and collaborative goal-setting to help people move toward clearer choices and routines. This approach is helpful for stress, anxiety, relationship questions, and general life changes.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, helps when past events continue to cause distress. It uses structured processing to reduce the intensity of traumatic memories and the emotions that come with them. People often use EMDR for post-traumatic stress, sexual assault and abuse, and other trauma-related concerns.

Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change. It uses guided conversation to build motivation and confidence, which is useful for addictions, behavior changes, or when someone feels stuck.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they will try approaches and adjust as needed so sessions match the client’s needs.

If you want online sessions, please confirm the current session options before booking. Online care can save travel time, make scheduling easier, and fit into a busy day. It can also allow shorter check-ins when needed or reduce the need to use video if that feels better for someone.