Bilingual online therapy in English and Spanish across New York
When you are carrying anxiety, grief, emotional exhaustion, or the pressure to hold everything together, starting therapy can feel like one more thing to explain.
Michelle Batista, MHC-LP offers warm, steady online therapy for adults across New York. She works in both English and Spanish, creating a space where you can slow down, feel heard, and begin building practical tools for daily life.
Michelle Batista is a bilingual therapist in New York who offers online therapy in English and Spanish through Peace Love Wellness. She supports adults navigating anxiety, panic, overwhelm, depression, grief, self-doubt, burnout, life transitions, and bicultural family expectations.
A steady place to begin
Michelle may be a strong fit if you are feeling overwhelmed, emotionally stretched, or unsure how much longer you can keep carrying everything the way you have been.
Her style is warm, engaged, steady, and collaborative. Therapy with Michelle is paced to feel sustainable, not rushed. You can bring what feels messy, heavy, uncertain, or hard to name, and begin sorting through it with support.
Michelle helps clients build both insight and practical coping tools, so therapy does not stay only in reflection. The work can help you understand what you are feeling, why certain patterns keep showing up, and what might help you feel more grounded in everyday life.
Care in English or Spanish
For many clients, language is not just a detail. It shapes how safe, natural, and fully expressed therapy can feel.
Michelle offers therapy in both English and Spanish for adults across New York. This can be especially meaningful if you want care in the language that feels closest to your emotional life, your family story, or your day-to-day experience.
She is also attuned to bicultural identity, family expectations, and the pressure to hold everything together for other people while quietly feeling stretched inside.
Michelle ofrece terapia en inglés y español para adultos en Nueva York que buscan apoyo con ansiedad, estrés, duelo, autoestima, transiciones de vida y expectativas familiares o culturales.Who Michelle works well with
Michelle works with adults who may be navigating anxiety, overwhelm, grief, life transitions, bicultural identity, and the wish to feel more grounded in daily life.
Person-centered and practical
Therapy with Michelle is warm, steady, and collaborative. She brings an unhurried, grounding presence that can help you slow down without feeling pushed toward an answer before you are ready.
Her approach is person-centered at the foundation, which means the work begins with your lived experience, your goals, and your pace. She also integrates CBT-informed tools when practical strategies would help you manage thoughts, emotions, stress, and daily patterns more effectively.
This balance can be helpful if you want therapy that feels human and supportive, but still gives you something to carry into the rest of your week.
Clinical focus
People often reach out to Michelle when life has become too much to keep holding alone.
You may look like you are managing from the outside, while privately feeling anxious, tired, sad, reactive, disconnected, or unsure how to move forward. You may be navigating family pressure, cultural expectations, grief, relationship stress, or a transition that has changed how you understand yourself.
Michelle helps clients make sense of what they are carrying, build emotional steadiness, and develop tools that support daily wellbeing.
Request a consultationPractical details
Michelle provides telehealth therapy for adults located anywhere in New York State.
Insurance may include: Aetna, Anthem / Empire BlueCross, Carelon, Cigna, EmblemHealth, MagnaCare, Meritain, and NYSHIP / The Empire Plan.
Coverage varies by plan. Peace Love Wellness can help confirm whether Michelle is available through your specific insurance.
Clinical home
Michelle is part of Peace Love Wellness, a relational, trauma-informed therapy practice offering online therapy across New York, including individual therapy, couples and relationship therapy, and inclusive, culturally responsive therapy.
If you know you want to work with Michelle, you can request her directly. If you are not sure who would be the best fit, the Peace Love Wellness matching process can help you meet the Peace Love Wellness team and find a clinician whose style, focus, insurance participation, and availability align with what you need.
You can also visit Michelle's Peace Love Wellness profile for her practice listing.
Start therapy
Fill out the form below to connect with Michelle. Peace Love Wellness will review your information and follow up about next steps, including Michelle's availability and whether your insurance may be a fit.
Questions
Michelle Batista, MHC-LP offers online therapy for adults across New York through Peace Love Wellness. Availability may vary, so the best next step is to request a consultation or contact Peace Love Wellness to confirm current openings.
Yes. Michelle offers therapy in both English and Spanish. For many clients, being able to speak in the language that feels most natural can make therapy feel more comfortable, expressive, and personal.
Michelle supports adults navigating anxiety, panic, overwhelm, depression, grief and loss, emotional dysregulation, self-doubt, burnout, life transitions, bicultural identity, and family expectations.
Michelle's style is warm, steady, engaged, and collaborative. She uses a person-centered foundation and integrates CBT-informed tools when practical skill-building would be helpful.
Yes. Michelle works with individuals and couples through online therapy across New York.
Michelle is an MHC-LP, which means she is a limited permit mental health counselor practicing as a supervised clinician. She provides care through Peace Love Wellness under appropriate clinical supervision.
Michelle sees clients through Peace Love Wellness, which accepts Aetna, Anthem / Empire BlueCross, Carelon, Cigna, EmblemHealth, MagnaCare, Meritain, and NYSHIP / The Empire Plan. Coverage varies by plan and should be confirmed during intake.
You can request Michelle directly through this page or contact Peace Love Wellness to get matched. If Michelle is not the best fit, Peace Love Wellness can help suggest another clinician who may fit your needs.