Michele Schaffner

Michele is wonderful! Truly a gem. She is understanding, empathetic, and takes the time to really listen and provide positive feedback and assistance to teen counseling a situation. She is also very down to earth and "with the times" - She does not judge nor criticize. I highly recommend Michele for all your therapy needs!

Great

I have been working with Michele for the last few months. I look forward to our weekly sessions. She has really helped me to understand my hidden internal processes and frameworks that were holding me back and ways to overcome them. She has been an incredible important part of my life.

Michele is the absolute best. She is so kind, knowledgeable, and genuinely wants to help. I feel like I can talk to her about anything!

Michele is a kind, thoughtful, knowledgeable therapist. She has helped me get through many difficult days. I look forward to our face to face meetings every week. I have grown and feel healthier because of our sessions.

Michele is a very good listener and is responsive. She is also very emphatic and is able to guide me towards solutions for any situations. I highly recommend her.

Michele is so easy to speak with, truly listens and offers exceptional advice. I look forward to each session knowing that after 45 minutes of conversation that I will feel lighter and armed with positivity for the week to come!

Michelle is an amazing therapist and a really good source of advice and comfort.

Michele is very knowledgeable and helpful! She listens and provides effective feedback and tips!

I can't recommend Dr. Schaffner enough! She has been a godsend! Not only is she great on our 1-1s; but her response to my emails with thoughtful, caring emails/messages, has really been so helpful. I don't feel so alone in what I'm going through because of her.

We’ve only had two sessions so far but she has been very flexible and has worked with us and provided some guidance on how to navigate our relationship. She provided good feedback on our issues, and we look forward to continuing our sessions with her. She’s very flexible as well so she’s able to help us pick days and times that we can all work with.

Michele has helped me so much. I had been struggling for many years with my trauma. Michele helped me get pass this trauma. She always seem to know the right things to say and do. She sent me information to read that helped me. I feel free of this trauma that has haunted me. I’m so grateful.
Thank you Michele, you helped me find my way out. My life is peaceful and calm of the trauma that has tormented me for many years.

I love Michele she has helped me through some of my hardest times. I really love her and everything she has done for me.

Michele is direct, active, polite and experienced. I'm so thankful to have time with her and learn about my missing pieces so I can build healthier relationships.

She was amazing therapist. She listened understood, and provided coping skills to help me through my difficult time.

Michele is the best. I’ve been seeing her for over a year now and I look forward to talking to her every week. She is quick to reply and she knows what’s in my best interest. She understands me.

Very helpful and down to Earth!

Michelle has been the most wonderful asset to me. I know that she’s always just a message away and she has helped me in so many ways to better my communication and handle my anxiety. Letting go of some childhood trauma while understanding how it has impacted my current life. I can’t wait to continue on this journey with her.

Michelle is attentive and helpful. She thinks of new ways for us to work through my sessions and therapy. She encourages conversation via the portal throughout the week.

I like that she listen and responds quicklyo

Michelle is completely amazing. She makes you feel heard and gives great guidance at anytime or day. She’s so responsive and attentive with checking in between sessions and encourages it. She shares lots of resources.

I have been working with Michele for several months now. Her experience, and guidance coupled with the work I have had to do, has helped transform I and my family's life into a healthier "us".

Always super helpful and always listening and sending so much information even after sessions. It really feels like Michelle is very interested in my life and wanting to help out anyway, she really can.

Excellent

Michele responds to all my texts/concerns which gives me the comfort and confidence to continue to work hard in therapy sessions without losing hope.

Very attentive and challenges me to do the work outside of my sessions.

Michelle has been amazing! She has helped me through the worst of times and helped me learn how to cope with the toughness of the outer world. I’m truly happy she came into my life and helped me get to where I need to be.

I’ve just had a couple of sessions with Michele & I feel my authentic self and am able to share with no judgment. I feel like I’ve found a friend whom I can trust & rely. The most important thing she has encouraged me to do is to leave her a message anytime I’m feeling certain emotions. I was very much looking for a platform like this where I can share my inner voice/ emotions in the moment & use those examples to work with my therapist . I will definitely be writing another review as I get more sessions in. Thank you Michele - you’re truly awesome & thank you teencounseling.com.

I found Michele at a time in my life when everything felt chaotic and scrambled. I'd been working so hard on my own to find my footing, but there always seemed to be a barrier in my way. Michele was the perfect mix of compassionate and objective. She never judged me or my situation(s) and helped me to feel fully supported as we moved through some sticky life happenings. She always provided additional resources that I could access outside of our sessions and prompt replies to any messages I sent needing a little extra support. In short, if you're looking for a balanced sounding board, Michele is your lady! I highly recommend her and will certainly seek her out again in the future if I need therapy.

Michele asks very insightful questions to help me think in ways i may not have thought before.

Michelle is really great to speak with. She responds in a timely manner and the material she provides you is relevant to what you are experiencing and trying to work through.

Michele definitely goes the extra mile for her patients. She has lots of hands on worksheets, which I find tremendously helpful, and she is great at listening and then offering advice or solutions. Simply put, she is a very talented therapist and I highly recommend her!

Michele has helped me tremendously in just these last few weeks with identifying my issues. I feel she wants to help me get better and does everything she can to do that with helpful work sheets. I would highly recommend her

Michele is a beautiful person. She is extremely gentle, yet has that New Jersey flair about her. She always knows what to say and has a very calming energy. I can’t believe I was paired with her so quickly because she was a perfect match.

Very responsive. Lots of resources.

The one thing I specifically like about Michele is that she replies at any given time. This platform is perfect for business executives.

I feel so lucky to have Michele as my therapist! I was a bit anxious about signing up to this service due to my own bad experiences with the NHS waiting list times, only to be matched with incompatible therapists. Michele has a very warm aura/energy and I instantly feel at ease in her presence. Our conversations flow and I appreciate how interactive she is inbetween our sessions. She makes things digestible for me and makes me reflect on my thoughts and feelings and tackle them in a positive way. She is honestly a keeper! Thank you.

Michele is great! She responds promptly and offers a lot of explanations and exercises for me.

She’s wonderful and attuned — really helped me process deep issues and was both informative and specifically aiding in my journey

Awesome

I love working with Michele. She is so supportive and really takes her time to listen to everything I say and asks questions to help me figure out next steps and think about things a little deeper to get to the heart of the matter, I've resolved so many things in a very short space of time that I'd just kept spinning my wheels on before - and that feels great! I never feel judged and I always feel like she gets me, she encourages me to grow as a person and I really appreciate that. She is also very responsive, replies to my messages quickly and sends me plenty of extra materials to read and consider to help me in my journey. If you want a therapist who you really feel is there for you, then I can't recommend Michele enough.

She's awesome

I really like how Michele communicates with me as a patient. She really understands the situation, respects my feelings and personal space, and puts a lot of effort into making sure you feel comfortable during the session. I am very glad and grateful that my path to therapy and mental health began with her acquaintance.

Ms Michele is amazing

Michele is the second therapist that I was matched with and I could not be happier. I look forward to her messages as well as sharing my own thoughts and issues. I feel she really listens and wants to help me with my anxiety and depression and look forward to my healing process with her.

Michele is welcoming, open, direct and caring. Thankful to have a listening ear and some objective insight into what I'm going through.

3 sessions in and no complaints. Well worth it. Feeling progress near immediately.

Michelle was AMAZING! She consistently checked in, paid great
Attention to me, and made me feel welcome. I didn’t feel the awkwardness or any of the stigma surrounding therapists when it came to her. She was open, honest, and truly helpful!

I couldn’t be happier and I wouldn’t go back to pre-therapy life!

She has been very understanding, helpful and remembers so much detail of myself. I’ve been assigned worksheets that have been very helpful with what I’m going through. I’ve been to other therapists before but she has been the best one yet

Michele is awesome! She always responds to me in a timely manner and checks in on me often. I've learned a lot working with her.

I’m very grateful for the support and expertise/knowledge Michele has. She’s constantly helping me, listens intently, and makes me feel cared for. I know I will continue to grow in my sessions with her

I've only started with Michelle but I'm already very impressed with how professional and caring she is. She was very quick at identifying the best approach for my issues.
Looking forward to continuing therapy with her.

Michele is amazing! So friendly and makes me feel comfortable enough to talk to her about anything. I know she’s always there when I need her to be, I would highly recommend!

Michelle is very good at what she does she is very understanding and gives you as much time as you need to talk. The different techniques offered are very helpful and the information provided is very useful

Michele is a great listener with a great sense of humor. We laugh a lot during our sessions. Which is great, because I love humor. It’s how I get through this crap. She also sends really great reading materials over that keep me engaged and focused on days we don’t have sessions. I really enjoy her straight forward, compassionate direction and I like that she helps me find solutions.

This has been far better for me then I first expected it would be.

Michele has been an invaluable ally during a difficult time. I felt completely supported by her receptivity, encouragement, and gentle guidance. Her pragmatic ability to focus on "first things first" was exactly what I needed to manage profound anxiety and start feeling healthy again. With her facilitation, I've gained new skillfulness, and her timely responsiveness meant that I never felt she was far away, even with a large time-zone difference. I highly recommend Michele!

Michele is constantly checking in and providing reading material to cope with life and challenges I have. After a few sessions I felt comfortable to talk about bigger issues I’ve had or facing and she was non judgmental, a listener and asked questions to get me through it. I look forward to chatting with Michele weekly and I feel encouraged to touch base about how I feel. Very encouraging! Thank you Michele.

Michele is attentive and sends me suitable reading material for my case. She is kind and professional. I appreciate her.

Michele is a very professional and warm individual. I would recommend her to anyone!! She is considerate and made me feel at ease from day one. Kudos to her !

I was going through an extreme tough time and in just 2 sessions with Michele , I’m doing so much better. I will be continuing therapy with her! She’s wonderful.

Working with Michele is a great experience. We have only worked together for a few weeks so far but I already feel like we are making progress. I enjoy our sessions and I appreciate the resources she sends me.

She is very responsive and understanding and I feel like I am heard and that she genuinely wants to help and not just because it is her job and that is important to me.

I can definitely recommend choosing her as your therapist and I look forward to what we will work through in the future.

Still early to know wether an online communication can replace face to face sessions

Michele is a very patient and great listener, most people tend to listen without a proper response but she is indeed a very knowledgeable therapist in my humble opinion.

She listens, understands and is very helpful. Easy to talk to and I'm happy I feel amazing now

Michelle is wonderful and Extremely smart and knowledgeable and her fields I am truly cares

I totally appreciate the way she reaches out to me. I feel completely confident in her working with me. And I will continue coming to her.

Fast response times helpful kind