Michele Fitzgerald, LPCC

Minnesota · 25 years in practice

Michele Fitzgerald is a licensed professional clinical counselor with 25 years of experience.

License and registration

LPCC, Minnesota: cc02294 · expires December 2026
NPI: 1194790733 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 25
Languages: English

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About Michele

Michele Fitzgerald is a licensed professional clinical counselor with 25 years of experience. She began her career working with adolescents in substance abuse treatment in the 1980s and has practiced in locations including Kodiak, Alaska and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Michele views recovery as part of overall wellness and brings a long history in mental health and addiction work to each session.

Her background also includes adoption and birth-parent counseling, hospital social work, and long-term care support.

Background and approach

Those roles helped her see how behavioral health and alcohol and drug counseling overlap. She draws on that broad experience when people bring complex, linked concerns like addiction and family issues. Michele listens closely and aims to create a calm space for people to talk through hard problems.

She treats setbacks as chances to learn rather than signs of failure. Her style is practical and straightforward, focusing on skills that can be used between sessions to reduce stress and improve day-to-day functioning. She uses several therapy approaches to match a person’s needs, including client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral tools, dialectical skills, motivational interviewing, and EMDR.

Those approaches help with trauma, anxiety, mood struggles, addictive behaviors, and coping with life changes. Michele works with common concerns such as stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, relationship and family issues, eating and sleep problems, parenting stress, anger, self-esteem, career questions, and ADHD.

She also supports people facing abandonment, adoption and foster care questions, chronic illness, codependency, and family of origin issues.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Michele lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Depression
LGBT
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Eating disorders
Sleeping disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Coping with life changes
ADHD
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Aging and geriatric issues
Attachment issues
Blended family issues
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Codependency
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Divorce and separation
Drug and alcohol addiction
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fertility issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Post-traumatic stress
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-love
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Workplace issues

Approaches Michele names

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Online support

How Michele's approaches work online

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship so people feel heard and understood; it helps when someone needs support making sense of their situation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical tools to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, addresses distress tied to traumatic memories by using structured processing techniques to reduce intense reactions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michele will talk with each person about their goals and try different methods as needed. That collaborative process helps shape a plan that fits the person's needs and comfort level rather than relying on a single method from the start.

Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people use visual connection for deeper conversation, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it simpler to fit therapy into busy days and to send quick updates between sessions. These options provide flexibility so people can choose what works best for them.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Michele commonly address?

She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, relationship and family issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting stress, anger, self-esteem, career concerns, ADHD, and related areas.

What is Michele's general therapy style?

Her approach is calm and practical. She listens closely, treats setbacks as learning moments, and focuses on skills people can use between sessions.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 25 years of experience, including work in adolescent substance abuse treatment, adoption counseling, hospital social work, and long-term care settings.

What are Michele's credentials and where is she located?

She holds the LPCC credential and practices from Minnesota.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can Michele see clients outside the United States?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

What session formats are available online?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How are fees and starting therapy handled?

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