- Trauma recovery
- Life transitions
- Mindfulness-based care
About Michelle
Michelle St. Raymond is an LCSW with more than three decades of clinical experience. She practices in Louisiana and brings a people-first style to sessions. Michelle focuses on helping clients move through transitions, recover from trauma, and reduce anxiety so they can act on what matters to them.
She describes therapy as practical and compassionate. Michelle uses talk, mindfulness, and body-awareness exercises to help people notice patterns and choose new behaviors. She often emphasizes self-acceptance as a step toward change and offers steady guidance while clients try new skills.
Her background includes long-term clinical work with trauma recovery and family-of-origin issues. Michelle also uses approaches that emphasize relationships and attachment, and she draws on cognitive tools to shift unhelpful thinking. These combined perspectives support coping with grief, addiction, codependency, and life transitions.
Sessions focus on clear goals and small actions. Michelle works with people on stress, sleep, eating issues, anger, career questions, and parenting concerns. She also helps those facing chronic illness, caregiver strain, and challenges tied to aging.
Clients are invited to shape the work. Michelle aims to build practical routines, increase emotional awareness, and create new ways of relating to self and others. She encourages steady progress over time and helps people practice the changes they want to keep.
How therapeutic approaches shape online care
Michelle frequently uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, value-driven steps even when feelings are hard. ACT is useful for anxiety, depression, and major life transitions because it focuses on action tied to personal goals.She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy, which looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. This approach helps people understand connection and trust issues and try new ways of relating to others.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, needs, and preferences and then suggest techniques to try. That collaborative process helps match methods to the real-life problems a person brings to sessions.
If you are considering online therapy, confirm the available session formats before booking since the biography does not list specific options. Online care can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins, and remove travel time. It can also let people use phone-only check-ins when bandwidth is limited or opt for longer video sessions when more interactive work is helpful.
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Experience
31+ years
Credentials
Louisiana
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Michelle commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, addiction, sleep and eating concerns, anger, career changes, and codependency.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is compassionate and practical, mixing talk therapy with mindfulness and body-awareness exercises to build new habits and ways of thinking.
What is her clinical background?
Michelle has 31 years of experience working in clinical settings, with a focus on trauma recovery, family-of-origin issues, and supporting people through life transitions.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
She holds an LCSW license and practices in Louisiana.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats; confirm current session options with the provider before booking.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
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