Good Neighbor Podcast: Frisco

EP 360 Type A Minds, Meet A Plan That Actually Helps

• Sophia Yvette

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What makes Michelle Palacios with Life Revised Therapy a good neighbor?

Ever look like the steady rock to everyone else while your mind won’t slow down? We sit with Michelle Palacios, licensed therapist and founder of Life Revised Therapy, to unpack what happens when high achievers, leaders, and “strong friends” carry silent stress. Michelle specializes in helping people who appear put together but feel overwhelmed, perfectionistic, and stuck in tense relationship patterns. Her perspective is refreshing: you don’t need to be in crisis to deserve support, and you don’t need a diagnosis to want more peace and clarity.

Michelle explains how a structured, results-focused approach makes therapy feel purposeful for Type A clients. Instead of endless venting, she sets goals, builds a plan, and tracks progress using evidence-based methods drawn from CBT and trauma-informed care. We talk about the hidden costs of hyper-independence, why perfectionism fuels anxiety, and how small, practical tools—thought records, exposure steps, and communication scripts—create real change. Michelle also shares how virtual therapy across Texas removes the friction of travel and time, making help more accessible for busy professionals.

We dig into the first steps for finding the right fit, including why a free consultation matters and how to ask about process, alignment, and outcomes. Michelle’s story—sparked by early mentors and sustained by a passion for helping the quiet strugglers—adds heart to the roadmap. She reminds us that when strong people get support, their families, teams, and communities grow stronger too. If you’ve been carrying a lot and craving relief, you’ll leave with clarity, permission to ask for help, and a clear sense of what a plan-driven therapy process can offer.

Explore more and book a free consultation at liferevisedtherapy.com. If this conversation resonates, subscribe, share it with a friend who carries it all, and leave a quick review to help others find the show.

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817-821-3690


SPEAKER_00:

This is the Good Neighbor Podcast, the place where local businesses and neighbors come together. Here's your host, Sophia Yvette.

SPEAKER_01:

Welcome to the Good Neighbor Podcast. Are you in need a cognitive behavioral therapist? Well, one may be closer than you think. Today, I have the pleasure of introducing your good neighbor, Michelle Palacios with Life Revised Therapy. Michelle, how are you today?

SPEAKER_02:

I'm great. How are you?

SPEAKER_01:

Great. Well, so excited to have you on today. Now we are excited to learn all about you and your business. Can you start off by telling our listeners just a little bit about your company?

SPEAKER_02:

Sure. I'm Michelle. I'm a licensed therapist and founder of Life Revised Therapy and Online Therapy Practice in Texas. And I help people who on the outside look like they have it all together, the strong ones that everybody really feels they can count on. But on the inside, they feel overwhelmed, hard on themselves, and they struggle in their relationships. So I help them to relax their mind, reclaim their confidence, renew their relationships. And I do that through providing evidence-based therapy for anxiety, stress, trauma, relationship issues. And I do all of it virtually. So I help clients get support from the comfort of their homes or in their office, anywhere in Texas.

SPEAKER_01:

Now, Michelle, we before we get deeper into your story, um, where does your heart from helping these clients really come from for you?

SPEAKER_02:

Well, it's interesting. I have wanted to do this since I was a child. I read a lot of books like Chicken Soup for the Soul, and I had just had this calling to be able to help others, knowing that others might be silently struggling and that I could actually make a difference. And then in middle school, I had a really great school counselor who I watched have kids come into her into her office crying and upset, and they would leave relieved and happy. And I just thought that was really cool. She touched so many lives. So she was really my inspiration. And then as I've gone through this journey more and more, I really understand even deeper, you know, how much people are struggling and um especially the strong ones that are quiet and don't often ask for help that they also need.

SPEAKER_01:

Wow. Well, that is a beautiful thing that you are doing. Now, how did you originally get into this industry?

SPEAKER_02:

So I started this um industry of therapy. Like I said, I've wanted to do it for a long time. So I've done everything from doing research in university to working in the school systems. I've worked as a special ed teacher, school counselor. Um, and all those things kind of led me here to private practice where I feel like I have the ability to make the biggest impact in people's lives.

SPEAKER_01:

Now that you're making that impact on the day-to-day, what is the most common myth or misconception you come across?

SPEAKER_02:

I think that the biggest myth about therapy is that people feel like they have to be in crisis or that they are broken if they come to therapy. But the reality is it's for anybody who wants more peace, confidence, clarity. Many of my clients look really good on paper. They have careers, families, a lot of success, but on the inside is where they're really struggling. They struggle with anxiety, not feeling good enough, their relationships are in turmoil. So therapy helps them to understand what's driving those feelings and helps give them practical tools to make real actual change.

SPEAKER_01:

And what is the first step that they should take going into that journey of self-discovery and improving their relationships and their life overall look like?

SPEAKER_02:

I think it starts with finding the right therapist in general. Everybody's different, every therapist is different. And so having a free consultation call is something that I offer. A lot of other therapists offer that too. And getting on a call with a therapist, talking about what your goals are and making sure they're in alignment with your personality, what you want to achieve through therapy, things like that.

SPEAKER_01:

So, Michelle, let's go ahead and switch gears for a second. We know marketing is the heart of every business. Who are your target clients? And in terms of marketing, how do you attract them?

SPEAKER_02:

So my clients are really the leaders, the strong ones, the ones people count on, the ones who probably have the hardest time asking for help because they're usually the ones who are helping everybody else and they forget about themselves and put them on the back burner. Um, and the way that I reach them honestly is mostly by word of mouth. So most of my clients come to me because they have other friends or relatives, colleagues that they see struggling in the same way.

SPEAKER_01:

Michelle, you said the leaders and the strong ones care to elaborate.

SPEAKER_02:

It's more of a personality type, right? These are the people who are hyper-independent, who really don't feel like they need to ask for help.

SPEAKER_01:

They've Okay, so more of that alpha personality type.

SPEAKER_02:

Yeah, probably I would say more of type A type people, perfectionistic, high achievers. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01:

Completely relatable. Now, have you ever thought about doing your own podcast?

SPEAKER_02:

I have, yeah. I do. I think that would be a really fun thing to do. Um, and I hope to do it sometime in the future.

SPEAKER_01:

And outside of work, when you're not helping these individuals, what do you like to do for fun with your family?

SPEAKER_02:

Well, I love to garden. So that's kind of my mindfulness practice in itself. So spending time with my family, gardening, things like that, exploring the DFW area, doing fun little adventures. That's what I like to do.

SPEAKER_01:

Amazing. Now, Michelle, please tell our listeners one thing they should remember about life-revised therapy.

SPEAKER_02:

I think you should remember that it's okay to ask for help and that even the strong ones need it, and that taking care of yourself helps you to take care of others. It helps you to show up as your best self and every aspect of your life. And you don't need to be in crisis or you don't need to be broken. You don't need to have a diagnosis to want to improve yourself and to do better and have more ease in your life.

SPEAKER_01:

Amen to that. Now, Michelle, what is one thing that makes life-revised therapy stand out from every other therapy clinic?

SPEAKER_02:

That's a great question. I would say for me, it's that I have a more direct approach. So when someone comes to therapy with me, this isn't a time where they're just going to sit and talk about whatever they want, whenever they want. I have a much more structured approach. You do have a chance, of course, to talk, and I'm a really good listener. And I do think people feel seen, heard, and understood. But my clients, I find want direction. Like I said, I work with type A clients. And as a type A person myself, I like to have structure, have a plan, and I want to know that my therapy is working. So I implement a lot of different tools to make sure that we're making progress towards the goals that you decide on along the way as well.

SPEAKER_01:

Amazing, amazing. So, Michelle, what our listeners really want to know today is where can they go to learn more about life revised therapy?

SPEAKER_02:

Well, you can go to my website at life revised therapy.com. You can sign up for a free consultation there and we can chat and see if I would be a good fit for you. You can also read up on all the different things that I help people with and the different types of therapy that I do.

SPEAKER_01:

Well, Michelle, I really appreciate you being on the show today. We wish you and your business the best moving forward.

SPEAKER_02:

Thanks so much for having me, Sophia.

SPEAKER_00:

Thank you for listening to the Good Neighbor Podcast. To nominate your favorite local businesses to be featured on the show, go to gnpfrisco.com. That's gnpfrisco.com or call 469 221 9345.