Helping people find healing and wellness, using the body’s natural processes.
Michelle is a Certified Peer Specialist, Certified TRE® Provider, Master Reiki Therapist, and Herbalist. She specializes in nervous system regulation, pain management, trauma recovery, and relaxation. Michelle uses person-centered techniques gained in Peer Support Specialist training with the Wisconsin Peer Specialist Employment Initiative (WIPSEI). The WIPSEI program works with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS).
1 hour session
In-person or online Zoom sessions are available.
If you feel you are unable to afford sessions, please ask about sliding scale fees
A typical session may include talking to help the client assess values and goals, or to provide mental health support. We may do Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises, for an approach clients can learn to do at home. The session may have soothing music and relaxation with Reiki. With Reiki we can look for insights, or choose to let your mind drift as you soak up treatments in bodily awareness.
Learn about the modalities Michelle uses in her sessions:
What are Somatic Therapies?
Somatic practices use movement, breath and/or awareness to calm the mind and body. These practices allow a person to access information about the ways they hold on to their experiences in their body. Stresses from everyday life and traumas from past experiences can cause tension patterns to develop in the body. Holding tension over longer periods of time can eventually lead to pain and illness. Specific movement therapies tap into the nervous system to create calm and better physical health. Also, greater awareness about the links between tension patterns, mental thoughts, behaviors, and environment can help a person to work toward wellness.
What I do as a Certified Peer Specialist:
Healing from trauma and adverse experiences benefits from connection to others who are understanding. Through my training as a CPS, I am able to draw from my personal experiences in mental health challenges and relational trauma to act as a support and a witness to your own journey. We can explore together your hopes and dreams, and your own natural strengths. This mode of support is positive and uses client-centered goal-setting. For more information on the role of a Certified Peer Specialist, go to the WIPSEI website.
Reiki Energy Healing
Reiki is a Japanese form of healing art. With only a light touch, it promotes healthy movement of subtle energy through channels within the body, which creates relaxation in the body and the release of blocks. As a result, this encourages healing and a feeling of well-being to take place in the body.
Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises (TRE®)
Relax muscular tension due to everyday stress, release painful patterns in the body caused by trauma or injury, and bring the nervous system into a balanced, calm state with this revolutionary system.
I offer a warm welcome to members of the LGBTQ+ and BIPOC communities. All religious and spiritual beliefs are honored.
Testimonial
“I started to see Michelle for Reiki in the fall of 2022. This was after months of daily pain, which I found out later was a herniated disc. Michelle was excellent! She took the time to get to know me and understand my concerns and what I was hoping to get from Reiki. What was interesting, and how I knew she was effective, was when Michelle started to do a body scan and she pointed out other areas where I was having chronic pain. These were injuries that I did not mention to her but she was able to identify that they were there. I didn’t quite understand how she knew, and maybe still don’t, but she was able to understand my body and the energy that may have been blocked. Michelle also introduced me to TRE. This was new to me and I am still practicing and discovering the powerful benefits of TRE. I have been an athlete all of my life and have old injuries from events and training, and injuries from when I was in the military, and have been on a path to healing my body. Michelle cares about the people she works with. She takes the time to get to know you and she strives to help you so you can live a better quality life. I like to find alternative ways to heal my body and mind because traditional medicine isn’t always getting to the core of the issue. Reiki and TRE have been part of my healing journey, and Michelle has been a wonderful guide through the process. She is a healer!”
Chuck Murphree
Educator, Author, Athlete, and Veteran
