Michele Markulec, LPC

Michele Markulec is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who works with adults facing anxiety, depression, relationship problems, and major life changes. She focuses on everyday thoughts and habits that keep people stuck and helps them build clearer routines and coping skills. Michele writes plainly with a warm, collaborative style so clients can feel heard and begin making small practical changes.

Many people come to her feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, or repeatedly caught in worry and overthinking. She helps them sort through immediate stressors like caregiver strain or workplace pressure. Michele also supports those dealing with grief, low self-worth, obsessions and compulsions, and loneliness.

Michele uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy along with other evidence-informed strategies to map how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. Sessions emphasize concrete tools - thought patterns to notice, small behavioral experiments, and clearer communication techniques. The work is aimed at day-to-day shifts rather than quick fixes.

She also offers help for couples who face communication breakdowns, recurring fights, or emotional distance, using Gottman-informed strategies to strengthen interaction and connection without assigning blame. Michele notes a special interest in grief and trauma and is pursuing further training in Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD-related concerns.

With three years of clinical experience and practice in Texas, Michele asks people to focus on what feels realistic and useful. She supports clients who want steady, practical progress and clearer habits they can keep in everyday life.

Approaches that target thoughts, habits, and connection

Michele commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people see how thoughts shape feelings and daily actions. This approach breaks down unhelpful thinking patterns and replaces them with clearer, more helpful thinking through small experiments and skill practice.

She also draws on Solution-Focused Therapy, which emphasizes setting short-term goals and trying small changes that produce noticeable results. This method is useful for people who want concrete steps and quick ways to test what works in everyday life.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Michele works with each person to identify goals, try different techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. She focuses on practical skills you can use between sessions and on fitting changes into busy routines.

If you are interested in online options, please confirm current session formats before booking since they are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into workdays, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Therapists and licensed professionals can also use video to preserve visual cues or phone sessions when less bandwidth is better, and these choices are discussed when arranging care to match your schedule and needs.