I am licensed in New Jersey with 20 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, coping with grief and loss, & intimacy related issues. I believe that you are the expert of your story and that you have many strengths that will assist you in overcoming things that challenge you. It takes courage to seek out a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards a change. I am here to support & empower you in that journey.
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, LGBT, Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Eating disorders, Parenting issues, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Coping with Natural or Human-Caused Disaster, Hospice and End of Life Counseling, Infidelity, Phobias, Postpartum Depression, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-Harm, Sexual Assault and Abuse, Young Adult Issues
Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
NJ LPC 37PC00447600
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Michele Koch-LaFemina. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.
Michele is a wonderful counselor. She helped me through the worst moment of my life, and continues to help when I am struggling.
Written on Mar 13, 2024 after therapy with Michele for 1 year and 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, and grief
Great therapist
Written on Mar 05, 2024 after therapy with Michele for 1 year and 1 month on issues concerning intimacy-related issues
Michele is the best! Not only is she a fantastic therapist, but she is extremely thoughtful and works around my hectic schedule. I highly recommend Michele!!!
Written on Nov 04, 2023 after therapy with Michele for 4 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, and coping with life changes
she is very good about checking and following up with me when things get busy--it helps me remember to make time for thearpy.
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Written on Jul 20, 2023 after therapy with Michele for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting issues, self esteem, coping with life changes, coaching, and adhd
Michele is very understanding and open minded. She has a very friendly spirit and nature about her. She can make suggestions of corrections with out making it feel condescending or judgmental.
Written on Jun 24, 2023 after therapy with Michele for 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, self esteem, and coping with life changes
Michelle is great and so easy to talk to!
Written on May 22, 2023 after therapy with Michele for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, and grief