Therapist profile
Michelle Wygant, LPC
Pennsylvania
Licensed Professional Counselor - Relationships and Mood
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- Credentials
- LPC
- License
- LPC, Pennsylvania / PC007184
- NPI
- 1912289000
- Experience
- 15 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Pennsylvania
About
- CBT techniques
- Client-centered work
- Trauma focus
About Michelle
Michelle Wygant is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with 15 years of clinical experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, low self-esteem, depression, grief, trauma, and codependency-related patterns. She also supports people facing life transitions, caregiver strain, and issues tied to chronic illness and adoption or foster care history.
Michelle keeps therapy direct and practical. Sessions focus on clear goals, noticing unhelpful patterns, and practicing new ways of responding. She uses person-centered listening alongside cognitive-behavioral tools to help people spot thoughts that get in the way and test small, doable changes.
Her background includes clinical work across outpatient settings and five years supervising counseling interns and master’s-level clinicians. Those roles have informed her straightforward approach to clinical decision making and treatment planning. She holds a master’s degree in Community Counseling and an Educational Specialist degree, and she maintains her LPC credential in Pennsylvania.
In sessions she often combines motivational interviewing techniques to clarify what matters to the client with trauma-focused methods when past events keep causing distress. That mix makes room for short-term coping skills as well as addressing deeper wounds when someone is ready.
Michelle works in English and does not provide services to international clients. Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How sessions work
How her methods translate to online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to the client. It helps people clarify values and decide what they want to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions, then uses straightforward experiments and skills to shift unhelpful patterns. Motivational Interviewing helps people resolve mixed feelings and strengthen the reasons they have for change.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Michelle will collaborate with each person to figure out which method or combination fits their goals and preferences. That means trying practical tools first, and moving to trauma-focused strategies when people feel ready to address deeper issues.
The biography did not list specific session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy life by reducing travel and allowing therapy during a lunch break or between commitments. Different formats also let people choose shorter check-ins when time or bandwidth is limited, or longer sessions when a deeper conversation is needed. Licensed professionals can help tailor session length and focus to match your daily routine and therapeutic goals.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
15+ years
Listed in
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Does she help with people-pleasing and boundary issues?
Yes. She addresses relationship patterns like people-pleasing and difficulty saying no as part of her work on codependency and communication problems.
What is her general approach in sessions?
Sessions are practical and collaborative. She uses client-centered listening alongside CBT and motivational interviewing to set goals and try small changes.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 15 years of experience in outpatient counseling and five years supervising master's-level clinicians and interns.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Pennsylvania and provides services from that state.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Session formats were not specified in the biography. Confirm current session options before booking to make sure they fit your needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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