Looking for connection, courage and change?!
Hi, I'm Michelle!
Our stories are often filled with pain, loss, and brokenness which can end up dominating our head space. Our thoughts are powerful, but we are more than our thoughts.
Changing the way we think can change how we feel, how we act, and how we relate to ourselves and others. Pain and problems can be opportunities for connection, courage, and change.
I love joining with women to journey through hard places, unpack difficult stories, fight fears, and rewrite negative thinking to find strength, hope and joy.
Who and how I help...
I specialize in helping college and adult women find clarity and relief from anxious thoughts, comfort and healing in grief and loss, and confidence and joy in themselves and their relationships with others! Using CBT, ERP and EMDR depending on your particular needs, we will work together to decrease anxiety, improve mood, decrease obsessive and intrusive thoughts, and process as well as heal from trauma.
Background and Education
2014-2017
Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy
Liberty University
Michelle Highfield, LPC #12232 completed her internship and licensure with Stonegate Counseling Associates. She was under the supervision of Dr. Geoffrey Paetzhold, LPC #2488 and CPCS #343. Michelle has certifications in Level 1 restoration therapy, and EMDR. She uses narrative therapy, CBT, DBT, and ERP. She enjoys bringing each of these techniques into her work with women in college and adulthood who are wrestling with relational issues, anxiety, OCD, depression, body image, sexual abuse, and trauma.
2002-2010
Masters in Business Administration
Bachelors in Mathematics
Berry College
After completing her MBA, Michelle moved to Nairobi, Kenya for 4 years as an entrepreneur and director under a non-profit organization, BlueSky Global. She spent over 12 years working with middle school, high school, and college students in camp, team building, ministry and missions settings. Michelle enjoys helping people develop leadership skills and manage relationships in the workplace. She loves working with people living and serving in international communities as well.
