Michelle Lechnyr, MA, LMFT

Are you feeling lost, anxious, worried about your future or feeling stuck in life? Work with me to develop an action plan to move forward! My goal is to help you learn how to develop ways to change your thinking patterns, reduce anxious thoughts and alleviate depression. We are taught to suppress emotions and my hope is for you to feel safe in expressing your feelings and boundaries. Life is tough, but you are not alone. My areas of specialities include: anxiety, depression, postpartum depression, divorce, infidelity, life transitions, complex trauma, cognitive behavioral therapy, and EMDR. I am a certified divorce coach and can help you make informed decisions around your relationships. My goal is to help you learn how to develop ways to change your thinking patterns, reduce anxious thoughts and alleviate depression. We are taught to suppress emotions and my hope is for you to feel safe in expressing your feelings and boundaries. Life is tough, but you are not alone. My areas of specialities include: anxiety, depression, postpartum depression, divorce, infidelity, life transitions, complex trauma, cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness and EMDR. I am a certified divorce coach and can help you make informed decisions around your relationships. I also provide support to clients experiencing a cancer diagnosis. My passion is helping client's through life transitions, specifically postpartum depression, transition to parenthood and all stages of divorce. I have extensive experience working with people who are in emotionally abusive relationships andor have experienced infidelity. Certified EMDR clinician, Gottman trained and Bringing Baby Home Educator. You can count on me to provide you straightforward advice, help you develop goals and decide on an action plan for your life. I can challenge you to look at your core belief systems and make connections between your past and present. I am skilled at supporting helping professionals, who are dealing with life challenges and need support of their own.

Currently offering Telehealth therapy. Gottman trained, EMDR Certified Clinician. Certified Divorce Coach. I can help you navigate the divorce process, and help you answer the question of "Should I stay or Should I go?" I am a trauma informed therapist that can help you use Somatic modalities to get the root of your issues heal your emotional wounds so that your triggers are not showing up in your day to day life.

I have personally experienced postpartum anxiety and parenting concerns. After a 23 year marriage, I found myself getting divorced and being a single parent. I know the pain, worry, anxiety and sadness that these life changes can bring and I have sincere empathy to all who go through life transitions. I am also a breast cancer survivor and can relate to anyone going though a cancer diagnosis. I believe in therapy, as without my own therapist, I wouldn't have been able to get through these struggles! I have been in the position of a client and found that therapy helps you grow, no matter how much information you think you know!