Selene Negrette

Selene Negrette, LMSW, helps people who are carrying heavy emotions and life changes. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, grief, relationship and family concerns, trauma and mood struggles. Selene welcomes people who identify as highly sensitive and helps them recognize strengths in sensitivity while learning to cope in demanding situations.

Selene uses a straightforward, person-centered style that focuses on what matters to each person. She blends Trauma-Focused Therapy with client-centered listening and practical tools from cognitive behavioral approaches. Sessions often include mindfulness and skills from dialectical behavior strategies to manage intense emotions and improve communication.

With 17 years of experience, Selene brings calm and steadiness to difficult topics. She helps people make sense of painful experiences and find clearer direction. Work in sessions can include talking through painful memories, learning skills to reduce worry, and practicing ways to set boundaries.

She offers therapy in English and Spanish and practices in Michigan. Selene describes her approach as nonjudgmental and strength based, aimed at helping people notice what is working and build on it. The focus is on realistic steps people can take between sessions to feel better and move forward.

Selene supports those coping with career stress, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, and identity-related concerns. She also addresses attachment patterns, codependency, communication problems, and issues related to prejudice and multicultural stressors.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Trauma-Focused Therapy focuses on gently addressing painful memories and their effects on daily life. It often combines talking with grounding and body-based strategies to help reduce the intensity of trauma reactions and improve functioning.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and validating a person’s experience. The therapist follows the person’s lead, helping them find their own solutions and sense of meaning rather than imposing answers.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with practical exercises. It helps people learn new ways of responding to anxiety, depression, and stress through step-by-step practice and homework between sessions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide whether trauma-focused work, skill-based CBT, or a person-centered path fits best, and they adjust the plan as progress is made.

Confirm available session formats before booking, since session options are set by the therapist. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. Some people find video useful for face-to-face connection, while others prefer audio for a lower-key session. The therapist will help match the approach and format to practical needs and daily life.