Michele Farabaugh , LCSW

Michele Farabaugh is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 25 years of experience helping people navigate difficult emotional periods and life transitions. She focuses on issues such as depression, grief, relationship dynamics, family conflict, and communication challenges, combining practical guidance with compassionate support.

Her practice emphasizes work with women, older adults, and families coping with midlife changes, caregiver stress, and longstanding family-of-origin patterns. Michele has substantial experience addressing mood disorders, addiction recovery, codependency, and the aftermath of domestic violence, and she guides clients through processes of forgiveness, self-love, and rebuilding healthy connections.

Grounded in a Christian-informed perspective, Michele honors each person’s values while helping them develop stronger coping skills and clearer communication. She integrates approaches that support personal growth, improved relationships, and meaningful healing paths. Michele approaches each session with empathy, respect, and a steady commitment to clients’ emotional well-being, tailoring work to the needs and goals of the individual or family she serves.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Michele often draws on client-centered therapy, which places the client’s own goals and experiences at the forefront and helps foster self-understanding and self-compassion; this approach is useful for issues like self-esteem, grief, and relationship concerns. She also integrates psychodynamic therapy to explore patterns that develop from earlier relationships and life experiences, aiding those working through family-of-origin issues, long-standing mood concerns, or repeated relationship patterns. When focused change is needed, Michele uses solution-focused techniques to identify practical steps and strengths that can produce measurable progress in areas such as stress, anxiety, and coping with life changes.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Michele partners with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting methods over time so therapy stays aligned with what helps most. Clients are encouraged to share feedback so the work remains practical and meaningful.

Online therapy options including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to access support from home or on the go. These formats offer flexibility in scheduling, the ability to maintain continuity during transitions, and multiple ways to communicate depending on comfort and needs.