Michelle Ross, LPC

Michelle Ross is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Idaho with four years of clinical experience supporting teens and adults through a range of challenges. She has worked with depression, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, and issues related to LGBTQ+ identity. Her practice also addresses concerns such as abandonment, adoption and foster care matters, co-morbidity, communication difficulties, dissociation, feelings of emptiness, family conflicts, gender dysphoria, isolation and loneliness, questions about life purpose, mood and personality disorders, post-traumatic stress, seasonal affective disorder, and self-harm.

Michelle brings a varied background to her therapeutic work. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in German Language and Literature from the University of Oregon, served four years in the U.S. Navy as a Machinist Mate reaching the rank of Petty Officer 3rd Class, then completed a Bachelor of Science in Clinical Psychology at the University of Idaho. She holds a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Counseling. Her training combines that academic foundation with hands-on clinical experience working with adolescents and adults through crises, life transitions, and suicidality.

Her clinical approach emphasizes evidence-based treatments, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and she is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Mindfulness-based techniques are also incorporated when appropriate, and she integrates different modalities to fit each person’s needs. Michelle identifies as an ally to the LGBTQIA+ community and centers a strengths-based perspective that recognizes the individual as the expert of their own story, offering support and empowerment for those seeking change and greater well-being.