Michelle Burdick , LPC

Michelle Burdick is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Michigan who focuses on helping people navigate transitions in work and life. With three years of professional counseling experience and a substantial background in human resources, she blends therapeutic skill with practical career insight to support clients facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, and shifts in self-esteem. Her practice includes targeted work on career exploration and advancement, job-search strategies, interview preparation, and building confidence to pursue more rewarding work.

Drawing on prior experience recruiting at multiple organizational levels, she offers concrete guidance on resumes, cover letters, networking, and leveraging professional strengths. She also supports people coping with life changes such as fertility challenges, cancer-related concerns, questions of life purpose, and social anxiety or phobia. Michelle uses evidence-informed methods to help clients identify their values, reduce the fears that keep them stuck, and develop actionable steps toward meaningful goals.

Therapeutic approaches she draws from include cognitive-behavioral strategies, existential perspective, mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused techniques. She works in English and provides services that encompass both emotional coping and practical career coaching, aiming to help individuals move toward clearer direction and greater confidence.

Approaches and Online Support for Life and Career Change

Michelle integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing into online work to address both emotional and practical concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and replacing them with more constructive patterns - it is effective for anxiety, depression, and stress that interfere with daily functioning. Mindfulness Therapy encourages present-moment awareness and nonjudgmental observation of thoughts and feelings - it helps reduce reactivity and build coping skills for ongoing life transitions. Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative style that explores ambivalence and strengthens motivation for change - it supports career shifts, behavioral goals, and decisions about life direction.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Michelle collaborates with each person to determine which methods align with their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adapts techniques over time as progress unfolds. This collaborative stance helps clients feel more engaged and empowered in shaping their plan for change.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, access support from different locations, and continue work between appointments, while still drawing on the same licensed professionals and therapeutic methods used in traditional settings.