Micki Obrien

Micki Obrien is a licensed professional counselor who specializes in alleviating anxiety and depression, promoting personal growth, and enhancing overall well-being. She employs cognitive-behavioral, mindfulness, and family systems approaches in her sessions. Micki offers a unique blend of support and challenge, encouraging clients to explore both their present experiences and past histories to overcome emotional pain and trauma. She believes in the power of self-acceptance and empowerment, and places a strong emphasis on practicing internal kindness, effective communication skills, and mindfulness techniques to boost self-worth and improve relationships. Micki enjoys working with a diverse clientele, including individuals, couples, and groups. Her areas of expertise encompass loss and grief related to death or life changes, young adult development, stress from graduate school, pregnancy and postpartum challenges, relationship dynamics, parenting, workplace stress, and communication/assertiveness skills. Additionally, she provides support for trauma recovery, eating disorders, and individuals from dysfunctional family backgrounds dealing with addiction, abuse, mental illness, and recovery from illness and addiction. For her clients, Micki teaches practical techniques such as personalized self-talk and breathing exercises to incorporate at home between sessions. For those interested in additional methods, she also offers hypnosis, guided imagery, and relaxation training to address concerns related to depression, anxiety, physical healing, smoking cessation, and motivation.