Michelle Stern, NCC, LCMHC, LPC

Durham, North Carolina, US
27713

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Practice Specialties

  • Career Counseling
  • College Student Counseling
  • EMDR
  • Individual Counseling
  • Stress and Anxiety
  • Trauma and or PTSD
  • Women's Issues and Concerns

About

Hello, I’m Michelle Stern, a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC), and National Certified Counselor (NCC). I specialize in working with adults with ADHD, including those who are newly diagnosed, questioning whether they have ADHD, or struggling with focus, organization, procrastination, emotional regulation, and follow-through.

My approach is practical, compassionate, and strengths-based. I help clients understand how ADHD affects their daily lives, replace self-blame with greater self-understanding, and build strategies that work with their brains rather than against them.

As a Christian counselor and trauma-informed therapist, I also support clients whose ADHD overlaps with anxiety, low self-worth, overwhelm, or unresolved trauma. I integrate evidence-based approaches such as CBT, EMDR, mindfulness, psychoeducation, and executive functioning support. For clients who desire it, faith is thoughtfully incorporated into therapy to support emotional, practical, and spiritual growth.

Why I Became a Professional Christian Therapist

I became a counselor because I felt God leading me to walk alongside people during difficult seasons, helping them find healing, understanding, and hope. Over time, that calling grew into a passion for helping adults with ADHD understand how their minds work, recognize their strengths, and build lives that align with both their needs and their faith.

Client Payment Information

  • Accepts insurance
  • Client rates are on a sliding scale

Therapists on Staff

Michelle Stern
Michelle Stern

Michelle Stern

NCC, LPCA, LCMHCA
Michelle Stern is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Licensed Professional Counselor, and National Certified Counselor who specializes in supporting adults with ADHD. She helps clients better understand how ADHD affects focus, motivation, organization, time management, emotional regulation, relationships, and daily functioning.

Michelle is especially passionate about helping adults move beyond shame and self-blame by recognizing their strengths and developing practical strategies that work with their brains. She also understands that ADHD can overlap with anxiety, trauma, low self-esteem, grief, and other emotional concerns.

Michelle earned her master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Liberty University and has advanced training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Her approach combines ADHD-informed care, trauma-informed therapy, executive functioning support, mindfulness, and Christian counseling when desired. She has worked in pri

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