Rae Ann Michalko, LCSW, LISW

Licensed in Pennsylvania · 30 years in practice

Rae Ann Michalko helps people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood, or changes in their life.

License and registration

LCSW, Pennsylvania: CW014075 · expires February 2027
LISW, Ohio: I.2304561 · expires June 2027
LICSW, West Virginia: DP00946537 · expires May 2027
LCSW, Kentucky: 257845 · expires April 2029
LMSW, Michigan: 6801116663 · expires August 2026
NPI: 1992720411 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 30
Languages: English

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About Rae

Rae Ann Michalko helps people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood, or changes in their life. She is a licensed clinical social worker with three decades of experience and aims to make the first steps feel manageable for someone who is nervous about starting therapy. She focuses on everyday struggles like relationships, self-esteem, motivation, sleep problems, and grief.

Rae Ann also addresses issues such as addiction, anger, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, and the strain that comes with caregiving or aging loved ones.

Background and approach

Her work includes support around intimacy, parenting challenges, fertility-related stress, and feelings of isolation or jealousy. Rae Ann adapts conversation and planning to each person. That means sessions are shaped around what a person needs and wants to work on.

She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in every exchange. Her background includes long-term clinical work across multiple states, and she brings practical experience rather than one-size-fits-all solutions. She helps clients break large problems into smaller, actionable steps and identify patterns that get in the way of change.

People meet with Rae Ann to talk through coping strategies, improve communication, rebuild self-worth, and handle life transitions. She encourages realistic goals and checks in on progress so plans can be adjusted as needs evolve.

Focus areas and approaches

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Online support

Evidence-based approaches and online therapy options

Rae Ann uses a range of evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear, practical steps people can try between sessions. One common approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing alternative ways of thinking to reduce anxiety and low mood; this helps with stress, depression, and self-esteem issues. Another commonly used method focuses on behavior change and small experiments to build new habits and improve sleep, motivation, or daily functioning; this is useful for coping with life changes and addiction-related challenges.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. Rae Ann works with each person to pick methods that match their goals, preferences, and lifestyle. Plans are adjusted over time based on what is helpful and what feels manageable for the person she is working with.

Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video is helpful for face-to-face conversation, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat and text allow for brief check-ins or ongoing notes between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into work breaks, caregiving schedules, or when travel is difficult, while allowing therapists and clients to maintain consistent progress.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does Rae Ann address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, self-esteem, coping with life changes, addictions, grief, sleep problems, parenting strains, anger, bipolar mood issues, ADHD, and related concerns.

What is her style in therapy sessions?

Her approach is practical and person-centered, tailoring conversations and plans to each individual's needs while using evidence-based therapeutic techniques.

How much experience does she bring?

Rae Ann has 30 years of professional experience working with a wide range of concerns and life stages.

Where is Rae Ann licensed and based?

She is licensed in multiple states and practices from Pennsylvania; her listed credentials include LCSW and LISW.

Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?

Sessions are offered in English and she is not taking international clients at this time.

What session formats are offered?

She meets with people through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with Rae Ann?

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