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Michelle Gossard, LMHC
Iowa
LMHC in Iowa - stress and anxiety
See online therapy options- CBT informed
- Solution focused
- Client centered
About Michelle
Michelle Gossard is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Iowa with 15 years of experience. She works with people who are feeling overwhelmed, withdrawn, irritable, or like something is off in their life. Her stated focus includes stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, anger, self-esteem, grief, parenting, career questions, and ADHD.
Michelle emphasizes practical skills for managing thoughts, feelings, and reactions. She frames the client as the expert on their experience and supports people in recognizing their own strengths. Sessions include learning specific strategies to reduce unhelpful thinking and to increase accountability in everyday life.
Her approach blends cognitive behavioral ideas with solution-focused and client-centered elements. That means sessions often identify goals, try small changes, and track what helps. She uses straightforward tools to test different ways of thinking and acting, then narrows in on what produces useful results.
Michelle has experience in both clinical and military settings. She is also a military spouse and a parent, which informs her practical focus on day-to-day coping and role demands. She has worked with people facing anger management, negative self-talk, low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, stress, and deployment-related difficulties.
People who prefer concrete, skills-based work and short-term problem solving may find this approach direct and focused. If someone wants to explore what to try next or needs focused strategies for specific problems, she offers structured sessions aimed at that kind of change.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Michelle uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking and acting. CBT techniques are practical and often involve short exercises, behavior experiments, and tracking patterns to reduce anxiety, panic, or low mood.She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to name clear goals and try small, manageable changes. That approach looks at what is already working and builds on it, which can be helpful for parenting, career steps, or relationship communication. Client-Centered Therapy informs how she listens and responds, keeping the person's perspective central while deciding what to try next.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will collaborate with the client to choose which methods to emphasize based on the person's goals and preferences. This is a practical conversation about what techniques to try and how to measure whether they help.
Confirm current session options before booking so you know how sessions are delivered. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Talk with her about what format would best fit your daily routine before your first session.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
15+ years
Listed in
Iowa
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with most often?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, anger, low self-esteem, grief, parenting, career concerns, and ADHD among other areas.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and skills based, combining cognitive behavioral, solution-focused, and client-centered methods to identify goals and try specific strategies.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 15 years of experience working in clinical and military settings.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) licensed in Iowa.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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