Michele Bowen

Michele Bowen is a licensed social worker practicing in Michigan. She holds LMSW and LCSW credentials and brings 20 years of experience supporting people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma and grief. Michele creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk about difficult feelings and begin to make changes.

She uses Trauma-Focused Therapy alongside other approaches to meet each person's needs. Michele draws from attachment-based ideas and cognitive behavioral strategies to help clients understand patterns and build new ways of coping. She also includes elements from dialectical behavior therapy and EMDR when those methods fit the work.

Her background includes long-term work in behavioral health and treatment for co-occurring conditions. Over two decades she has supported people dealing with chronic pain, dissociation, and complicated grief, and has worked with mood and personality concerns as well as panic and seasonal affective challenges.

Michele describes her approach as practical and collaborative. She focuses on strengths and gives tools people can use between sessions, such as mindfulness, somatic techniques, and gentle movement for those who want them. Her goal is to help clients move toward more satisfying daily life and better emotional balance.

She asks people to begin where they are and works at a pace that feels manageable. Michele emphasizes clear goals, steady skill-building, and respect for each person’s values and limits.

How trauma-informed approaches work online

Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on addressing the effects of trauma in everyday life. It often involves building safety, processing distressing memories at a manageable pace, and learning coping skills to reduce reactivity. This approach can help with post-traumatic stress, panic, and long-standing trauma symptoms.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people identify repetitive relationship habits and practice new ways of relating that feel more secure and connected. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, targets unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaches clear skills to reduce anxiety and improve mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michele will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. She aims to explain options and try techniques together so clients can see what feels most useful.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people use mindfulness or movement practices between sessions in familiar surroundings.