01/23/2026
Meet Michelle
Michelle joined Speakeasy Therapy this past Fall and has been a tremendous addition to our team. As an LCSW with over 7 years of experience, Michelle provides thoughtful, steady, and highly skilled support, including much-needed evening availability.
By day, Michelle works at Northwestern Medical Group, where she supports older adults navigating grief, caregiver burnout, depression, chronic illness, and major life transitions. This work gives her a deep, real-world understanding of how mental health concerns show up and shift across the lifespan: how early patterns of anxiety, responsibility, perfectionism, or avoidance can resurface later as burnout, loss, or identity changes.
This lens strongly informs her individual therapy work. Michelle helps clients not only address what’s happening now, but also understand how their experiences fit into a broader life narrative. Whether she’s working with young adults, parents, or individuals later in life, she brings a grounded, integrative perspective that connects past, present, and future - supporting meaningful, sustainable change rather than short-term symptom relief.
Michelle also has a special interest and expertise in working with OCD, and has become a valued resource within our practice for differential diagnosis. She brings clarity to the often-misunderstood differences between OCD and other anxiety disorders, helping clients receive more accurate, effective care.
We feel genuinely lucky to have Michelle on our team and honestly wish we had even more of her time.
She currently has one of her last virtual evening openings on Wednesday night. If you’ve been looking for experienced, thoughtful support during evening hours, we encourage you to reach out.
