Michelle Arpin

My communication style

I offer an open and conversational tone in our sessions as we find a rhythm and pace that works for you. We include and focus on strengths, prioritizing a sense of safety while working toward developing insight and creating change.

My journey to mental healthcare

In my early training, I saw the process of therapy create a transformation that clients coming from a history of complex and enduring childhood trauma never thought was possible. I saw deep healing and beautiful lives emerge from the darkest of stories. I see being a therapist as a privilege as well as a calling.

My goals for you

Goals are developed together during the first few sessions, and typically, rating scales are used in order to quantify and track progress. I use a combination of talk therapy and body-based or mindfulness approaches to address the mind-body connection in healing the whole person.

Our first session

Our first session begins a process of sharing your story, and you set the pace. We review any paperwork, and I answer your questions. We talk a bit about the conversation we might be having during our very last session in the future, what sorts of things would be true in your life on the day that we finish our work together.

I identify as...

• Female
• Caucasian or White
• Christian, Spiritual, Unitarian Universalism