Michelle Merindino, LMHC

Michelle Merindino is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in New York. She brings six years of clinical experience and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, mood concerns, and major life changes. Michelle aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where people can start to feel understood and able to act on goals. Her work centers on practical, evidence-informed approaches. She often uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at thought and behavior patterns and teaches skills to change them. She also draws on attachment-based and client-centered ideas to strengthen relationships and emotional awareness. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Michelle guides people to notice unhelpful patterns, try new behaviors, and build coping tools they can use day to day. She emphasizes communication skills, boundary setting, and healthier habits that reduce reactivity and shame. People come for many concerns including relationship struggles, self-esteem, career stress, addictions, trauma, panic, and issues around isolation or codependency. Michelle also addresses women's issues, body image, and challenges common to young adults. Her approach is flexible rather than one-size-fits-all. She combines methods to match a person’s goals and life context. The work tends to focus on clear steps and skills, alongside deeper personal understanding and emotional processing.

How Michelle’s Approaches Work Online

Michelle commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy to pinpoint unhelpful thoughts and patterns, then teaches practical skills to shift those thoughts and behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, panic, mood challenges, and everyday stress.

She also uses attachment-based ideas to look at relationship patterns and how early bonds shape current reactions. This approach helps people improve communication, manage fears of abandonment, and build steadier connections.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Michelle collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. She adjusts pacing and techniques as progress is made so therapy stays relevant and useful.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make scheduling flexible and help people fit therapy into busy lives.