Michelle Aldridge Morris, LCSW-S has been in the mental health field for over 25 years. Most of this work was with non-profit agencies helping families in trouble. In 2000, she started a private practice, and when she moved to Mandeville, Louisiana in 2003, she and her sister shared a practice called A Family Place. But, after the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina, Michelle and her family moved back to Texas, and so did her practice. A Family Place - Counseling opened in December of 2007.
Michelle has over 25 years experience working with children, adolescents and families in the mental health field. This experience includes: outpatient therapy with children, adolescents, adults, couples and families; residential treatment for children; intensive home-based family treatment; school counseling & crisis intervention; therapy with juvenile probationers, and supervision of interns or other therapists working toward their licensure.
She is trained in multiple modalities, including: EMDR, TF-CBT, and play therapy. She is also a TBRI practitioner. She has extensive knowledge and experience in:
Helping survivors of sexual abuse (children and adults)
Helping couples and families build their communication and improve their relationships
Counseling at-risk children/adolescents and their families
Providing therapy for children or adults who have survived abuse or trauma
Guiding clients in working through depression and/or anxiety
Helping clients build their life skills to help them improve their lives
Providing group therapy, addressing anger, substance abuse, sexual abuse and healthy relationships
Women's issues
Providing clinical supervision for LMSWs
Insurance accepted: Aetna, All Savers, Avmed, Bind, BCBS, Cigna, Cigna EAP, Golden Rule, Oscar Health, Oxford, UHC/Optum, UHC/Optum EAP, UMR, UHC Life Insurance, UHC Shared Services, UHC Student Resources
Michelle was originally licensed in Colorado in 2000; and then Louisiana in 2003. She has been licensed in Texas since 2008, and her license number is 51600. Her NPI is 1851372510.
**Due to taking on more administrative tasks, Michelle has a small caseload and is not currently accepting new clients**