Michele Klahr, LPC

Michele Klahr is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 25 years of clinical experience. She practices in Oklahoma and has long worked in medical settings assessing patients' mental health needs and responding to crisis situations.

Her work focuses on common struggles like stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and addictions. She also helps people facing career stress, anger, and the strain of caregiving. Michele has a special interest in personality disorder management and related patterns such as abandonment concerns and codependency.

Sessions are practical and goal oriented. Michele uses approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy and client-centered methods to help people notice unhelpful thinking, try small behavior changes, and build skills that fit daily life. She also uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques to clarify goals and keep progress moving.

People who reach out can expect straightforward conversation and a focus on what they want to change. Michele emphasizes steady steps rather than quick fixes, and she partners with clients to set realistic, meaningful goals. Her hospital background gives her experience with crisis intervention and thinking clearly under pressure.

She supports work through family of origin issues, communication problems, eating and body-image concerns, bipolar disorder challenges, and coping with major life changes. Michele aims to create a space where people can talk through hard things and build skills to manage daily life.

How Michele's Approaches Work Online

Michele uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify thoughts and behaviors that cause distress, then try small experiments to change them. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and many day-to-day problems.

She also draws on client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening and building a respectful, accepting relationship. That approach helps people feel heard while they make decisions and set goals. Motivational interviewing is used when someone needs help finding internal reasons to change, such as cutting back on addictive behaviors or starting healthier routines.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Michele will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before, then she will suggest methods to try. That plan is adjusted over time in collaboration with the client.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can fit in a break or use less bandwidth, short live chats suit quick check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make scheduling easier and let people pick what fits their life and needs.