Motivational Interviewing Therapists in River Oaks, TX

Are you struggling with depression, anxiety, and trauma from family and relational issues? Does every disagreement in your relationship turn into an escalation and fight? Are you and your partner struggling to get along, much less enjoy your union happily and together? If so, I can help. I'm happily married with four children, but it didn't always start out flourishing. I have had a similar experience, and the principles that saved my marriage and made it thrive can help yours. I have helped several clients from different backgrounds. Call me today for a free 15-minute consultation.

It is my goal to join individuals as they strive to better themselves. I am a licensed Clinical Social Worker that has over 10 years of experience of working with individuals and families with various disorders including depression, anxiety, and everyday life challenges. Mental health is just as important as physical health, and if you are emotionally unhappy it is hard to remain healthy in the body. Using a mixed variety of modalities, it is my goal to empower you during your journey to find self-satisfaction and better enjoyment of life. Let’s start the journey to a calmer you today.

I am currently accepting new clients and I am able to provide telehealth and in person counseling. I am dually licensed as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC). I have recently gained EMDR therapy training and I invite you to take your next step towards healing.

I see families, couples, children, adolescents, and adults. I offer a safe and empathetic environment where clients can address their difficulties and begin the process of healing. As a family therapist I navigate conversations in a way that catalyzes the strengths, wisdom, and support of the family system. I help my clients work through challenging times, identify aspects of their lives that they would like to change, set personal goals, and work toward desired outcomes.

How can I help? Not only is this the question that you may be asking as you look at multiple profiles searching for a therapist, but this is a question that I have been asking along my journey in life which led me to the field of behavioral health and wellness. It is my goal to help you unlock and unblock the things that may be beneath the surface in order to create an environment that cultivates healing and contentment in the current moment. I have helped individuals with various mental health diagnoses to create affective plans to maintain wellness and have assisted with a range of issues including grief, abuse, life transitions.

I believe that healing is a deeply personalized journey that occurs in many ways. I offer a blend of warmth, compassion, and honesty to create a space fostering change and growth. I draw from a variety of approaches depending on each client’s unique needs, treating the entire self: body, thoughts, emotions, relationships, and creativity. Life is full of both pain and joy; I want to help you be present for all of it.

Life is all about actions and reactions. Often we do not realize how our actions, or lack thereof, affect our situational outcomes. My name is Michelle Roberson, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor, who aims to walk this path with you and explore your many possibilities. Sometimes we search to define who we are and where we fit on this journey called life. There are many roads to take and for the last five years, I've enjoyed working with a variety of individuals and families, focused on identifying the right road, learning healthy techniques, and practical ways to cope with life challenges.

Accepting NEW clients. I feel privileged that you are reading this to potentially help you, a loved one, or someone you know. I would love to join you on your journey of nurturing your emotional health. Are you the one that has been considering counseling, but keep talking yourself out of it because you have lived with many of these symptoms for so long, and think you can just keep going on with them. My philosophy in counseling is to help others be the best version of themselves, promote healing, reach their potential with their goals, guide them on how to get there while overcoming any barriers.

Have you felt stuck, stagnant, or just not where you want to be? Do you feel sad for reasons you don’t understand? Are you struggling with negative self-talk regularly and want to get control of the narrative? Do your emotions get the best of you and you want to learn to control them better? Do you often find yourself taking substances in order to just deal with the day-to-day? If you said "yes" to any of those questions then I want you to know it’s okay to have felt that way. It’s okay to not feel great about things. But you’re here, and you’re looking. And that is where your journey will begin.

As your future therapist, I am here to help you with life challenges and provide the support you will need to manage. I believe that the therapeutic relationship is one of the most significant factors in assisting individuals to be successful in therapy and reach their goals. I have clinical experience in helping individuals with depression, anxiety, mood disorders, life/work transitions, coping with grief and loss, self esteem issues.

We live in a society that has made vulnerability seen as weakness, ironically, it is what allows us to be human and make connections. Do you feel a struggle in making connections? Do you struggle with overwhelming feelings of pain, anger, anxiety or depression, and feel like these are what define you? Do you feel like no one will ever understand, like you are detached from the world? Have you been through a traumatic experience, that robs you of freedom? Is motivation the issue, are you fatigued from attempts at change, but never having a guiding light?

The patients I work with have experienced a traumatic event or have a complex trauma history. They may be experiencing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. This might include; nightmares, flashbacks, intrusive thoughts, irritability, or anxiety. These patients deserve a safe space to work through their traumatic experiences. It is my goal to help patients reduce their trauma symptoms and heal.