Michelle Merindino

Michelle Merindino is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor practicing in New York with six years of clinical experience. She has worked extensively with clients who have mood or personality disorders, as well as with people facing depression, anxiety, and related challenges. Her areas of focus include stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, self-esteem, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, anger management, career difficulties, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes.

She practices from a primarily person-centered, humanistic perspective, creating a safe, empathetic, and non-judgmental environment where clients can process emotions, increase self-awareness, and pursue healing. Michelle aims to build therapeutic relationships grounded in trust and mutual respect, guiding interpersonal changes and emotional processing with sensitivity and clarity.

Michelle integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify and examine patterns of unhelpful thoughts and feelings. By developing a clearer understanding of how those patterns influence behaviors, clients can create space to challenge and change cycles that interfere with daily functioning.

Believing that one approach does not fit every person, she customizes therapy by drawing on different modalities to match each client’s unique needs, circumstances, and goals. Michelle encourages self-exploration, skill-building for coping, consideration of new perspectives, confidence-building, improved communication, and recognition of destructive patterns to help clients overcome barriers and work toward a more fulfilled life.

She is licensed in New York as a mental health counselor and holds state licensure under license number 007997.