- Attachment work
- Grief support
- Body image
About Michelle
Michelle Hungler is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Kentucky with seven years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, grief, and big life changes. Her practice also addresses issues around self-esteem and coping when life feels overwhelming.
Michelle focuses on attachment and trauma-related concerns that often sit underneath persistent shame or guilt. She helps people unpack family of origin patterns, codependency, and blended family stress. She also supports those dealing with body image, infertility-related strain, and recovery after sexual assault.
Her style is collaborative and person-centered. Sessions tend to focus on clearer communication, practical coping strategies, and building healthier self-regard. Michelle works with straightforward, everyday language rather than jargon so clients can use what they learn right away.
She often helps clients identify how past attachment experiences shape current relationships and self-talk. That can mean practicing new ways to speak up, set boundaries, or tolerate uncomfortable feelings without acting on them. Work can include addressing impulsivity, control struggles, and problems around trust after infidelity.
Michelle also supports grief and life transition work, helping people adjust to loss and shifts in roles or identity. For those carrying guilt or shame, she offers space to look at how those feelings started and what changes might ease their hold. She invites clients to set clear goals and to move at a pace that fits their needs.
How therapeutic approaches guide online sessions
Michelle uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address the problems people bring, focusing on practical steps and clearer understanding. One common thread is attachment-focused work, which looks at how early relationship patterns affect current trust, closeness, and self-talk; this can help when shame or guilt links back to family dynamics.Another frequent focus is emotion regulation and anxiety work, where clients learn simple skills to notice, name, and manage intense feelings without acting on them. These skills help reduce impulsive reactions and create room for healthier choices. She also integrates grief-focused approaches to help people adjust to loss or major life changes and to work through related guilt.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Michelle collaborates with clients to choose methods that fit their goals, preferences, and the issues at hand. She explains options, tries out techniques in session, and adjusts the plan based on what helps most.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow quieter check-ins during a work break, or remove travel time. Therapists can also adapt how a session runs depending on needs - for example, shorter check-ins or camera-off conversations when that works better for the person.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
7+ years
Listed in
Kentucky
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, grief, self-esteem, and coping with life changes, and also addresses related areas like attachment, codependency, and guilt and shame.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is collaborative and person-centered, using clear language and practical steps to improve communication and coping skills.
How much experience does she have?
She has seven years of clinical experience working with adults on mood, trauma, attachment, and anxiety-related concerns.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Kentucky and practices from that state.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Costs vary with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to begin working together?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.