Michelle Wildy, LCSW-C

Michelle Wildy is a licensed clinical social worker who has practiced for more than 33 years in Maryland. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and changes that come with major life transitions. Michelle works with individuals and couples who want clearer communication and more stable emotional footing.

Her approach is warm and straightforward. She listens closely to each person’s story and helps identify practical steps for day-to-day coping. Sessions often center on building communication skills, naming difficult feelings, and finding ways to reduce overwhelm.

Michelle’s background includes long experience with relationship concerns and complex life events. She also provides support around adoption and foster care issues, attachment and abandonment worries, caregiving stress, and challenges that come with aging and chronic illness. She has worked with people facing trauma, dissociation, and codependency patterns.

Therapy with her tends to emphasize self-compassion and honest, direct conversation. Michelle uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help clients practice new behaviors and test different responses. The work is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.

People who come to Michelle often want both emotional support and practical tools. She helps clients create manageable goals and tracks small changes over time. To begin, readers can use the site’s Start Therapy button and complete the short matching questionnaire to schedule sessions.

Evidence-based approaches and online care

Michelle lists several evidence-based therapeutic techniques in her work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, and everyday stress. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify personal values and take committed actions, often useful for life transitions and coping with ongoing difficulties. Mindfulness-based approaches teach simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and strengthen emotional regulation.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most practical, then try methods that match those needs. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as progress or priorities change.

The biography does not specify which online session formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking. Online care can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people continue work when schedules change or during transitions between locations. Ask about format choices and scheduling when you complete the matching questionnaire.