Michelle Ross, LPC

Michelle Ross is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Idaho with four years of professional experience supporting teens and adults through mood and trauma-related challenges. She works with individuals facing depression, anxiety, stress, bipolar disorder, trauma and abuse, and LGBTQIA+ related concerns, and offers focused care for issues such as abandonment, adoption and foster care histories, dissociation, self-harm, and personality or mood disorders.

Her path to counseling includes a diverse academic and service background. 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 and reached the rank of Petty Officer 3rd Class, then completed a Bachelor of Science in Clinical Psychology at the University of Idaho. She went on to earn a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Counseling.

Clinically, Michelle emphasizes evidence-based approaches, particularly Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and she is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). She integrates these methods as appropriate to address issues like body image struggles, life transitions, suicidality, and post-traumatic stress. As an ally of the LGBTQIA+ community, she centers a respectful, strengths-based perspective that treats each person as the expert on their own story and supports collaborative steps toward greater wellbeing.