Michelle Price , LPC

Michelle Price is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and clinical supervisor registered with the Virginia Board of Counseling. She brings 14 years of experience supporting children, adolescents, adults, and families across a range of settings and clinical needs. Her career has included leadership roles such as Clinical Program Manager of Counseling Services, overseeing outpatient services, crisis services, intensive in-home programs, and therapeutic day treatment services, which has given her broad experience in community mental health.

Michelle’s practice is rooted in a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) orientation, and she values CBT for its practical strategies, flexibility, and strong research support. She also integrates techniques from other models when they match a client’s needs, drawing on training in Trauma-Focused CBT, Attachment-Based Family Therapy (ABFT), the Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach (A-CRA), and Al’s Pals. She has additional training in administering the K-SADS assessment tool.

Accustomed to working with diverse populations, Michelle focuses on issues including family dynamics, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, life transitions, ADHD, stress and anxiety, addictions, relationships, grief, intimacy concerns, parenting challenges, anger, career issues, bipolar disorder, depression, and caregiver-related stress. She recognizes that reaching out for help is often the hardest step and offers supportive, practical guidance to help clients move toward healing and renewed purpose.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Michelle primarily uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), a goal-oriented approach that helps identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns; CBT is often applied to anxiety, depression, stress, and many everyday challenges because it offers concrete tools for change.

She also incorporates attachment-based therapy, which explores patterns in close relationships and helps repair relational wounds by improving emotional connection and communication - this approach can be especially helpful for family issues, intimacy concerns, and attachment-related struggles.

When trauma is present, Michelle draws on trauma-focused techniques to address the lingering emotional and behavioral impacts of distressing events, working at a pace that matches a client’s readiness.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process - Michelle works with each person to identify goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, adapting methods as progress unfolds. Online therapy offers practical flexibility for this work; video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging allow licensed professionals and therapists to meet clients where they are, fit sessions into busy schedules, and maintain continuity of care across life transitions.