Michelle Truax

Michelle Truax accepts Centivo, Empire BlueCross BlueShield, Cigna Healthcare/Evernorth, Aetna, Oscar, UnitedHealthcare/Oxford/Optum, Mount Sinai Employee UMR (United Healthcare), and Prime Health. Octave clients pay an average of $28 per session through insurance, and more than 95% pay less than $45 per session. Your exact cost depends on your plan’s copay or deductible. You can use the cost estimator to see what you would pay before your first session. If you would rather pay out of pocket, self-pay sessions in New York are estimated at $180-250 per session.

Michelle Truax is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). Michelle is licensed to practice in New York, so clients located in New York can book sessions. Michelle’s New York license number is 6411, and you can look it up through the state licensing board. Octave verifies every therapist’s license before they begin seeing clients, and licenses are kept current as a condition of practicing with Octave.

Michelle Truax has been practicing therapy for 12 years. Michelle’s education and training include MS - Mental Health Counseling, Canisius College. Over that time, Michelle has worked closely with Parents and First responders. Octave therapists average more than a decade of experience, and Michelle is part of that group.

Michelle Truax works with Parents and First responders and specializes in Anxiety, Depression, Divorce, Grief, Panic, Relationship Concerns, Stress, Substance Use, and Trauma. These are the areas where Michelle spends most of their clinical time. If the concern you want help with isn’t listed here, a Care Navigator can tell you whether Michelle is a good fit or match you with another Octave therapist who specializes in it.

Michelle Truax draws on Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Harm Reduction, Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused, and Strengths-Based. In sessions, Michelle’s style is calming, empowering, humorous, mindful, and solution-oriented. In Michelle’s words: “I tailor treatment based on each client’s motivation for change, helping them set achievable goals that support progress.”

Michelle Truax offers therapy in English. Michelle identifies as White.

Michelle Truax offers online sessions over secure video as well as in-person sessions at 1 Park Place in Fredonia. Michelle is licensed in New York, and you need to be located in that state at the time of each session. All you need is a device with a camera and a stable internet connection.

Your first session with Michelle Truax is a chance to talk through what brought you to therapy and what you want to work on. Michelle will ask about your background, your current concerns, and your goals, and together you will start shaping a plan for your sessions. It is also a chance to see whether Michelle’s style feels like a good fit for you. After their first session, 9 in 10 Octave clients say their therapy experience has been good or better.

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