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Michelle Nietert, M.A. ACA Clinical Director Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor 972-979-9720 |
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My approach is direct, genuine, and based on our profession’s best practices backed by over 10 years of experience. I work hard at joining with you to design treatment plans to meet your’s or your children's specific needs. Change can occur but I want to empower you accept what you cannot change and come up with an effective plan to change what you can! My treatment specialties are: • Divorce Coaching, Parent Coordination, and Therapeutic Visitation • Couples Counseling including sex therapy • Postpartum Depression, Postpartum Anxiety and Postpartum Psychosis (see www.supportingmoms.org) •Adolescent Girls with problems such as Depression, Anxiety, Self Harm, Eating Disorders and Addiction • Parenting Issues and Family Conflict • Complicated cases with children requiring consultation and advocacy with schools
My experience also includes working with issues such as depression, anxiety, ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Substance Use/Chemical Dependency, Eating Disorders, Self Harm, PTSD, Marital Affairs, OCD, Rape, Grief/Loss, Divorce, and childhood physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. I also have treated parents who have experienced the loss of a child but have caseload limits in this area. I have extensive training in Biblical counseling and provide this upon request. I usually start clients with weekly sessions but as they begin to make the changes that make their lives better, we quickly progress to biweekly and then monthly session. I also provide Brief Solution-Focused Therapy in 3-8 session for many EAP’s. I have morning, afternoon, and limited evening appointments available. I accept most insurance plans and am on numerous Employee Assistance Programs. Education and Vocational History Michelle has communicated practical solutions for today’s problems in the office, community, and at conferences across the country for over a decade. She earned a B.S. in Education from Baylor University and a M.A. in Counseling from Amberton University. She also received theology training from Criswell Bible College, Dallas Theological Seminary, and Trinity College and Theological Seminary. Current and previous organizational affiliations include the International Coaching Federation, American Association of Christian Counselors, American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists and Texas Counseling Association. Upon graduating from Baylor, Michelle taught English, reading, journalism, and English as a Second Language to inner-city and suburban high school students. She also worked as a professional nanny while pursuing her counseling license and has studied parenting principles before even becoming a parent. She uses both Love and Logic and 1,2,3 Magic principles in her practice and has been trained by the Savannah Family Institute in Parenting with Love and Limits. A licensed minister, she has served as church staff in positions ministering specifically to women, children, and adolescents. She previously wrote and directed life-enrichment seminars for The Road Adventure and was previously the Director of Counseling for The Bridge Counseling Center. She has worked as a school counselor in both middle and high school settings and recently worked as the Crisis and Support Counselor for Allen ISD under Safe and Drug Free Schools. Michelle also teaches Marriage and Family Counseling at Dallas Christian College as an adjunct professor. Counseling and Coaching Training Her counseling training includes not only individuals and couples, but also art, play, and family therapy. Michelle has extensive training in the psychotherapy profession by attending well beyond the required continuing education in her field, providing training opportunities for helping professionals in the state of Texas, and reading extensively and continuously in her field. She has a passion for using the most up to date literature and research to provide the best outcome-based results for her clients. When performing premarital counseling she uses the PREPARE as an assessment device as she holds a license as a Trainer for the Prepare/Enrich with Life Innovations. She is a Gottman trained marriage counselor and has met all the training requirements to be a Gottman Certified Educator. During her single years, she worked extensively with Fun Ed and Equally Yoked Singles and often works with singles and those newly single on becoming a healthy person and finding a health partner by dating well and creating Boundaries in Dating (Cloud/Townsend). She also provides coaching for online dating and profiles. At the beginning of her career, she led groups for Mungadze Association at Cedars Hospital for victims of childhood trauma including sexual and ritual abuse. At this inpatient facility, she worked extensively with women suffering from self harm, eating disorders, depression, anxiety, and self hatred. Michelle has extensive play therapy training through conferences, book studies, and peer supervision. She incorporates games, her IPad, bibliotherapy and a HeartMath biofeedback device for stress and anger management. A certified School Specialist in Trauma and Loss in Children, Michelle has extensive experience working with families dealing with sudden grief and/or the CPS system. Michelle has also worked extensively with suburban families dealing with drug exploration, dependence, abuse, addiction, and trains all her staff in Relapse Prevention Training. Michelle’s coaching training includes a variety of classes and conferences focusing on lifestyle, time, and stress management, effective business practices, career transition, and leadership development. She is also a Certified Personality Trainer with Class Services. Personal Statement I have a passion for people and believe that we all need encouragement and accountability to live our best lives. I love my job and consider it a privilege to share with my clients’ in their journey toward hope, healing, and change. I embrace the definition of insanity is doing the same thing, the same way, with the same people and expecting different results. There are solutions for life and that’s where I encourage clients to focus. I come from a family where ministry is a way of life. My parents worked for Mission Aviation Fellowship and several family members are Senior Pastors of community churches. My husband Drew holds a Ministry and Leadership degree from Dallas Christian College and is consultant for Navigant, a healthcare management firm. We have two fabulous children whom we are committed to training in a way that they won’t depart by providing them with both structure and nurture. I work hard at striving to live a life based on principles and priorities. I am committed to community, lifetime growth, and enjoying the life I count myself blessed to live. A lifetime member of Weight Watchers and active church leader, I am devoted to continued life growth as a person and professional. I love discipleship and have been active in both participating in and leading local church bible studies as well as BSF. I also count it a privilege to have been mentored both personally and afar from some great leaders such as Reggie McNeal, Louie Giglio, and John Townsend and Henry Cloud. Although I have strong spiritual beliefs, I am very concerned about honoring others and their own personal life philosophies and values. I have worked with individuals, couples and families of all religious beliefs and provide Christian counseling only upon request.
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