Michelle Rittenour, LPC
Texas · 11 years in practice
Michelle Rittenour is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 11 years of experience.
License and registration
- LPC, Texas
- 74046 · expires January 2027
- NPI
- 1750982898 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 11
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Michelle
Michelle Rittenour is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 11 years of experience. She helps people who are facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and problems with substance use. Her style is straightforward and respectful.
She focuses on helping clients find meaning and make choices that fit their lives. Michelle believes the connection between therapist and client matters. She aims to build a collaborative space where people feel heard and can explore what matters to them.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on real concerns like coping with life changes, grief, parenting stress, or work and career questions. Her background includes individual and group work in several clinical settings. Much of her group experience involved supporting people affected by alcohol and drug dependency through facilitation and prevention services.
She also has experience addressing aging and geriatric issues alongside common mood and anxiety concerns. Michelle earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in counseling and development from Texas Woman’s University. She also holds a certification in gerontology from the University of Texas at Arlington.
She practices in Texas as an LPC. In session she draws on approachable methods like client-centered work, cognitive behavioral ideas, mindfulness, narrative techniques, and existential thinking. The aim is practical: help people manage symptoms, clarify values, and take steps that match their goals.
People who choose her often want thoughtful conversation, clear options, and tools they can use between sessions.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Michelle lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Michelle names
- Existential Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Michelle often uses Existential Therapy to help people examine meaning, values, and life choices; this approach can be useful when someone is facing major transitions, grief, or questions about purpose. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy which focuses on listening, empathy, and helping the person set their own pace and goals in session. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and to teach concrete skills for managing anxiety, depression, and stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will discuss goals and preferences and adapt methods to what feels most helpful. This collaborative process helps decide whether to focus on values and meaning, skill-building, or a mix of approaches.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls are good for deeper conversation and visual cues, while phone calls require less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat or text messaging can be useful for shorter check-ins, journaling between sessions, or when someone prefers written conversation. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does she help with?
She works with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, grief, parenting stress, relationship and intimacy issues, career concerns, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a collaborative, client-centered approach that emphasizes meaning and choice. Sessions combine practical skills with conversation about values and life direction.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 11 years of clinical experience, including individual and group work in varied settings and work supporting people impacted by alcohol and drug dependency.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas.
Which languages are used in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people from other countries work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients and works with people located within her service region.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How do costs and subscriptions work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
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