Michelle Hungler

Michelle Hungler is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Kentucky with seven years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, and major life changes, and she helps people looking to clarify life purpose. Michelle focuses on building self-esteem and improving communication skills in practical, straightforward ways.

Her work often addresses attachment and trauma-related concerns alongside mood and anxiety issues. She assists people dealing with abandonment, codependency, infertility stress, blended family tensions, and family-of-origin wounds. She also supports women with postpartum challenges, body image, and recovery after sexual assault.

Sessions are collaborative and person-centered. Michelle emphasizes clear aims and small, manageable steps rather than abstract goals. Conversations focus on identifying what matters most and on skills that can be practiced between sessions, such as grounding, communication techniques, and coping strategies for intense emotions.

She pays attention to patterns that keep people stuck - for example repeated relationship conflicts, impulsive responses, or persistent guilt and shame. From there she helps clients try different ways of responding and notices what changes in everyday life. Many clients come to address emptiness, forgiveness questions, or the fallout from infidelity, and work moves at a pace the client sets.

If someone is unsure how to begin, Michelle asks clear, simple questions in the first meetings to map priorities and make a plan. The focus is practical: reduce unhelpful reactions, build steadier self-regard, and create clearer next steps for work or relationships.

Therapeutic approaches and online sessions

Michelle uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address anxiety, relationship patterns, and life transition stress. One common approach focuses on building emotional regulation and coping skills through repeated practice; this helps with panic, obsessive thoughts, and impulsivity by offering concrete tools to use when emotions escalate. Another approach looks at attachment and relationship patterns, tracking how early relationships affect current interactions and teaching clearer communication and boundary skills to reduce repeated conflict.

Picking the right approach is part of the work. She will discuss options with each client and decide together which techniques fit the person’s needs, goals, and comfort level. That collaborative planning includes checking what feels manageable and adjusting methods as progress is seen.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current online session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, or remove travel time so sessions can happen between work or family commitments. Many people find that remote work helps maintain continuity through life transitions while they try new ways of relating and coping.