Therapist profile
Michelle Newton, LMHC
Washington
LMHC - Relationships and ADHD
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- Credentials
- LMHC
- License
- LMHC, Washington / LH60507972
- NPI
- 1083881775
- Experience
- 18 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Washington
About
- Stress and anxiety
- Attachment issues
- Behavioral skills
About Michelle
Michelle Newton is a Washington LMHC with 18 years of clinical experience. She works with stress, anxiety, relationships, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, and ADHD. Michelle's practice includes attention to codependency and related patterns such as trouble saying no and people-pleasing.
She favors straightforward, practical conversations. Sessions focus on what is happening now and on small changes that make daily life easier. Michelle uses tools from cognitive behavioral approaches and skills-based therapies to help people manage strong emotions and reduce overwhelm.
Her background includes long-term work with attachment issues and trauma responses. She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. That perspective is used alongside acceptance and values-based work to clarify what matters to each person.
Michelle also uses client-centered techniques to keep sessions grounded in each person's goals and pace. When needed she brings in DBT strategies to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. The mix is practical and paced to fit real life.
Clients can expect focused skill practice, brief in-session exercises, and conversation about how to try things between meetings. Michelle emphasizes steady progress rather than quick fixes. She supports parents and partners who want clearer boundaries, gentler self-talk, and less reactivity in relationships.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches used for online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on identifying personal values and taking small, committed actions that match those values. It helps when people feel stuck or are avoiding difficult feelings that get in the way of relationships or goals.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current ways of relating. It is useful for people who notice repeating patterns in partnerships, trouble trusting others, or strong reactivity around closeness and abandonment.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to test methods and choose what fits their needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying skills, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together rather than following a single fixed method.
Confirm the exact session formats before booking, because the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It can also let people use brief skill-practice between commitments or choose sessions that better match their daily routines.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
18+ years
Listed in
Washington
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, ADHD, and related issues such as codependency and abandonment concerns.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses a practical mix of approaches including cognitive behavioral techniques, attachment-based ideas, and client-centered methods to teach coping skills and improve communication.
How much experience does she have?
Michelle has 18 years of clinical experience as a mental health counselor in Washington.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Washington.
Are sessions available in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify exact formats.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a 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.