A Safe Space for Growth, Healing, and Connection
At Holistic Counseling & Development Services, LLC (HCDS), we believe meaningful change happens when individuals and families feel understood, supported, and empowered. Our practice was created to provide compassionate, evidence-based care that addresses the root causes of challenges—not just the symptoms.
We support clients in finding clarity, balance, and emotional well-being so they can build stronger relationships with themselves and others.
Our Mission
Our mission is to provide holistic, person-centered counseling and developmental services that promote emotional health, personal growth, and long-term success. We are committed to meeting each client where they are and partnering with them to create realistic, sustainable goals.
Our Approach
We take a whole-person approach to care, recognizing that emotional, behavioral, developmental, and environmental factors are deeply connected. Services are tailored to each individual and family, combining clinical expertise with compassion and collaboration.
Our work focuses on:
Understanding underlying challenges and root causes
Building practical, skill-based strategies for everyday life
Supporting both short-term progress and long-term growth
Strengthening relationships and meaningful social connections
Our Values
We take a whole-person approach to care, recognizing that emotional, behavioral, developmental, and environmental factors are deeply connected. Services are tailored to each individual and family, combining clinical expertise with compassion and collaboration.
Our work focuses on:
Compassion: Every client deserves care rooted in empathy and understanding
Collaboration: Clients and families are active partners in the process
Integrity: Ethical, respectful, and professional care at every step
Growth: Supporting progress that is meaningful, realistic, and sustainable
Michelle Moore - FOUNDER
Michelle Moore is the CEO of Holistic Counseling & Development Service, LLC (HCDS). A space where patients can find clarity, peace, and balance in their lives allowing them to embrace their purpose and nurture deeper connections with themselves, their families, and others. Michelle created HCDS Counseling to establish short and long term goals for patient success. HCDS focus on parent coaching, building healthier relationships with food, education and training.
In addition to over ten years of experience in HIV/Hospice counseling working with homeless, geriatric and adolescents. Michelle works with you on strategiesthat allow you to address the root cause of your difficulties and buildmeaningful social connections.
Michelle is certified in Reciprocal Imitation Teaching (RIT), an applied behavioral analysis-based approach to increasing imitation and skill-based strategies for neurodivergent learners, through Rush University.
A certificate from Northwestern University's Early Intervention Researh Group - Reduce the Wait, which focuses on assessing children aged 0-3 for autism spectrum disorders.
A certificate from Northwestern University's Early Intervention Researh Group - Reduce the Wait, which focuses on assessing children aged 0-3 for autism spectrum disorders.
Michelle holds a postmaster graduate certificte in Behavioral Analysis, Master of Science in Social Work and Community Services, Bachelor of Science in Community Health education, Developmental Thereapist Evaluator through Early Intervention Program, LCSW and LMSW licenses with the State of Illinois.
In her spare time, Michelle enjoys spending quality time with her family and friends, campign, gardening, playing the cello and staying active at the gym.
Serving individuals and families throughout Illinois
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in the State of Illinois
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