MICHELLE CHOWNING, M.Ed,. PRE-LICENSED PROFESSIONAL
individual counselor (18+) East Nashville / TELEHEALTH Michelle has a BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN ENGLISH WITH A SPECIALTY IN WRITING. THROUGH her TIME IN THAT PROGRAM, she realized a passion FOR COMMUNICATION and how it could be used to IMPROVE THE WELLBEING OF OTHERS. she then RECEIVEd a MASTER’S DEGREE FROM VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, SPECIALIZING IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT COUNSELING. the skills learned from both academic programs: LISTENING, EXPLORING NARRATIVES, DRAWING CONNECTIONS, and human development naturally led to the PERSON-CENTERED APPROACH THAT DEEPLY INFORMS her INTERACTion WITH OTHERS. michelle BELIEVEs IN PARTNERING WITH EACH CLIENT TO UNDERSTAND THEIR UNIQUE EXPERIENCES AND POINT OF VIEW. she PROVIDEs A SAFE AND NONJUDGMENTAL SPACE TO CLIENTS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS IN WHICH WE CAN EXPLORE ISSUES OF THE PAST AND PRESENT, AS WELL AS IDENTIFY PERSONAL STRENGTHS, VALUES, AND GOALS. TO SUPPORT THE THERAPEUTIC PROCESS, she FOCUSes ON EXPLORING PERSONAL NARRATIVES, STRENGTHENING SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT, AND DEVELOPING NEW COMMUNICATION AND COPING SKILLS. she WORKs WITH ADULT CLIENTS DEALING WITH ISSUES RELATED TO PREGNANCY AND POSTPARTUM, INFERTILITY, PARENTING, GRIEF AND LOSS, ANXIETY, STRESS MANAGEMENT, AND LIFE TRANSITIONS. INSURANCE: CIGNA / aetna SELF-PAY: $125 *SLIDING SCALE AVAILABLE |