Michelle Hoff , LMFT

Michelle Hoff is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with ten years of experience in the mental health field. She holds licensure as an LMFT in Iowa and Illinois and practices in Nebraska as a Licensed Mental Health Practitioner with a Marriage and Family certification. Michelle also holds National Certified Counselor and Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional credentials and founded Unfolding With Truth Counseling, LLC while maintaining part-time clinical work through an online counseling service.

Since beginning clinical work in 2017, she has worked with individuals, couples, families, and groups, addressing concerns such as depression, anxiety, addiction, trauma and abuse, relationship and family dynamics, stress, and personality issues. Her practice includes additional focus areas like parenting and blended family challenges, abandonment and attachment issues, military-related concerns, grief, and intimacy-related struggles.

Michelle’s style is warm and nonjudgmental, guided by respect, sensitivity, and compassion. She draws from cognitive-behavioral methods, client-centered and humanistic ideas, solution-focused strategies, mindfulness practices, and family systems perspectives to tailor care to each person’s unique needs. She emphasizes collaboration in shaping therapy and treatment plans, adapting techniques to fit clients’ goals and circumstances. Michelle views the decision to seek help as a courageous step and aims to support and empower people as they work toward greater resilience and well-being.

Therapeutic Approaches and Remote Care

Michelle Hoff integrates evidence-informed approaches to address relationship, mood, and stress-related concerns. Attachment-Based Therapy examines patterns of connection and security in relationships to help clients understand how early and current attachments influence feelings, behaviors, and intimacy; it is useful for couples, families, and individuals coping with abandonment or attachment difficulties.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the client’s own resources and lived experience, creating a respectful, nonjudgmental space where the therapist listens deeply and reflects to support growth and self-directed change; this approach helps with self-esteem, life transitions, and relational concerns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, offering practical skills for managing anxiety, depression, panic, and stress. Michelle works collaboratively with clients to select and blend these approaches based on each person’s needs, goals, and preferences so the plan fits the individual rather than forcing a single method.

Online care through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging provides flexibility for people with busy schedules, mobility limits, or geographic constraints. These formats let licensed professionals and therapists maintain continuity of care and adapt session styles to best support progress while making therapy more accessible and convenient.