Therapist profile
Michalle Harmer, LPCC
New Mexico
Licensed LPCC - Trauma and Mood concerns
Continue with MichalleWhere Michalle stands
- Credentials
- LPCC
- License
- LPCC, New Mexico / CCMH0195661
- NPI
- 1518368778
- Experience
- 15 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- New Mexico
About
- Trauma informed care
- Codependency and boundaries
- Young adult transitions
About Michalle
Michalle Harmer is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) in New Mexico with 15 years of clinical experience. She works with adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and struggles with self-esteem. Michalle also supports people facing trauma and abuse, and those noticing patterns like codependency or problems with boundaries and communication.
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address trauma and mood-related concerns. In practice she adapts her approach depending on whether a person is an adolescent, young adult, or older adult. She has experience with people from rural and urban communities across New Mexico, and with clients from Indigenous and Hispanic/Latinx backgrounds.
Mental health issues Michalle often helps with include post-traumatic stress, process addictions such as gambling or problematic pornography use, postpartum depression, self-harm concerns, and personality-related struggles. She also supports people working through abandonment, guilt, shame, and feelings of emptiness.
Sessions focus on practical steps and talk therapy to help people identify patterns and try different ways of coping. Michalle pays attention to cultural and social context when planning care and discusses options that fit a person’s daily life. She works with young adults managing life transitions like college and career starts.
Her practice communicates in English and is located in New Mexico. Michalle notes that the cost of sessions varies with location and that sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How sessions work
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
The therapist describes working with evidence-based trauma approaches that focus on rewriting how difficult memories are processed and on practicing coping skills in everyday life. One approach focuses on trauma-focused cognitive behavioral techniques that help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behavioral responses; this can be useful for anxiety, depression, and some trauma reactions.Another approach used involves methods that target processing traumatic memories and reducing distress tied to those memories. These methods often pair focused memory work with stabilization skills so people can manage intense emotions between sessions. Together, these approaches aim to reduce distress and build more manageable ways of handling triggering situations.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will review a person’s history, current problems, and goals and then recommend which methods to try first. That decision is collaborative and can be adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Session formats are not specified in the supplied biography, so confirm current online session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and permit shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let people join from different parts of New Mexico without needing to travel.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Experience
15+ years
Listed in
New Mexico
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of issues does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and self-esteem concerns. Additional focuses include codependency, guilt and shame, and process addictions.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses evidence-based techniques and a practical talk-therapy approach. Sessions focus on identifying patterns and trying workable coping strategies.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Michalle has 15 years of experience working with people across New Mexico. That includes work with adolescents, young adults, and adults in diverse communities.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is an LPCC licensed in New Mexico and practices with a focus on clients in that state.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people from other countries work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
How are sessions scheduled and what about cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions are billed through a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Exact rates depend on the client’s circumstances.
What steps do I take to begin?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.