Michelle Lathon

Michelle Lathon is a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical, LCSW-C, practicing in Maryland with 15 years of experience. She works with adults dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and life changes. Michelle also lists life purpose and midlife crisis among her concerns and helps people facing caregiving strain, aging and end-of-life issues, and family-of-origin problems.

Sessions focus on practical steps and emotional processing. Michelle uses an evidence-based mix of approaches and aims to help people manage symptoms and make everyday changes. She talks through what is happening now and identifies small moves that can ease pressure and restore daily functioning.

Her background blends humanistic and person-centered ideas with somatic awareness and trauma-focused techniques. That means she pays attention to feelings, body responses, and the stories that shape how people relate to themselves and others. Work often includes finding ways to notice bodily signals, reframe painful memories, and practice new behaviors between sessions.

People often come for help with guilt, shame, abandonment concerns, isolation, or the emotional fallout from serious illness and caregiving. Michelle also supports those wrestling with emptiness, jealousy, or career and identity questions that surface during midlife transitions.

Clients can expect a collaborative approach that looks at patterns and practical coping. The therapist invites scheduling a first session by completing a short matching questionnaire and selecting an appointment to begin.

Approaches used in online sessions and how they help

Michelle uses a blend of humanistic, person-centered methods that focus on the client’s values and immediate concerns. This approach involves listening for what matters to the person and helping them name priorities and next steps in clear, practical terms.

She also incorporates somatic techniques that bring attention to bodily signals like tension, breath, and posture. Those practices help when anxiety or grief shows up in the body and give simple tools to reduce intense physical reactions between sessions.

Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral approaches are used to address painful memories and unhelpful thinking patterns. This work typically involves noticing triggers, gently reworking distressing thoughts, and practicing new responses that reduce overwhelming emotion over time.

Deciding which approach to use is collaborative. The therapist will work with each person to match methods to their goals, current needs, and comfort level. That process can include trying different techniques and checking what feels most helpful.

Confirm the specific online session formats before booking, as the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Many people find it practical for balancing work, caregiving, and appointments while still accessing licensed professionals.