Michelle Berendsen is a Licensed Professional Counselor who earned her MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Eastern Kentucky University in 2021. She enjoys working with children and adolescents. Michelle’s therapeutic orientation focuses on client-centered and trauma-informed approaches that embrace a person’s values, diversity, and wellbeing. Her approach is to promote an environment of self-exploration, learning, and growth while practicing emotional regulation skills, body positivity, nature-based mindfulness exercises, self-care strategies, and more. Michelle enjoys fly-fishing, reading, hiking/backpacking, and cooking, baking, and trail running with her dog. A fun fact about Michelle is that she rode a bicycle across the United States, from Kentucky to Oregon.