Michelle Bartnik, LPC

Michelle Bartnik is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Michigan who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. She focuses on practical support for parenting challenges, relationship strain, grief, trauma and abuse, and caregiving stress. Michelle centers each session on the person's strengths and story and offers steady guidance through difficult moments.

She believes people are the experts on their own lives and that therapy should build on what already works. Sessions tend to be collaborative and straightforward, with room to tell your story and try new ways of coping. Michelle listens for patterns in relationships and behavior and helps people try small changes that add up over time.

Her background includes nine years working as a licensed counselor in Michigan. That experience has included helping people deal with family conflict, attachment concerns, adoption and foster care questions, and issues like emptiness or isolation. She also supports those coping with bipolar disorder, ADHD, and co-occurring conditions while focusing on day-to-day functioning.

Michelle uses approaches such as attachment-based work, cognitive behavioral ideas, narrative techniques, and client-centered methods to meet people where they are. She also draws on motivational interviewing to help people find their own reasons for change. The aim is practical progress - clearer communication, better coping, and more manageable routines.

To begin, visitors are invited to describe their situation and goals so Michelle can match support to their needs. Her style is approachable and strengths-focused, designed to help people take concrete steps toward steadier days.

How Michelle’s Approaches Work Online

Attachment-based work looks at how early connections shape current relationships and helps people notice and change interaction patterns that cause pain. It can be helpful for parenting concerns, attachment issues, and relationship difficulties. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses practical steps to reduce anxiety, depression, and unhelpful habits. Client-centered therapy puts the person’s experience at the center and emphasizes listening, empathy, and supporting choices that feel right for the individual.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, history, and day-to-day needs, and will suggest approaches that fit. That work is collaborative and can shift over time as progress is made.

Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, shorten travel time, and allow check-ins during a lunch break or between errands. It also lets people meet with licensed professionals from their local area while keeping appointments manageable alongside caregiving and work responsibilities.