Michelle Pellin, LMHC, LPC

She holds the credentials LMHC and LPC - explained as Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor - and has earned two master’s degrees, one in Behavioral Medicine and Health Psychology and the other in Human Services and Counseling. Michelle’s background combines formal clinical training with long-term, hands-on caregiving and advocacy.

For nearly 20 years she served as a licensed therapeutic foster parent, primarily supporting teens with mental and emotional disabilities, and she adopted two of those young people. She also spent seven years as a case manager advocating for the rights of clients living with acquired brain injury, physical challenges, and aging-related needs.

These roles shaped her practical skills in crisis management, advocacy, and family systems work. As a holistic, spiritually minded psychotherapist, Michelle emphasizes balance in mind, body, and spirit.

She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, self-esteem and depression, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, neurodiversity, and many other areas of life transition and recovery. She is open and affirming to all and welcomes individuals from diverse backgrounds.

Michelle frames therapy as a collaborative journey. She listens without judgment, offers gentle guidance when appropriate, and respects each person’s autonomy - describing clients as the captain of their own ship.

Her approach encourages self-belief, practical steps toward healthier routines and relationships, and finding greater peace in daily life. She affirms the courage it takes to seek help and is committed to supporting clients as they move forward.