Meet Michelle Allen

Michelle grew up in Layton, Utah and is one of 7 children.  One thing that Michelle really loved from her childhood was spending time with her large family, attending BYU football games, and participating in outdoor activities like camping, fishing, hiking, boating, and skiing.  Her family is very close and they frequently get together for family parties, game nights, holidays, and to watch sports.  Basically, they find any excuse to get together.

Michelle lives on Equestrian Parkway with her husband, Dave, and three of their four children.  Their children range in age from 15 to 25 years old.  Michelle is a licensed clinical mental health counselor and owns a private practice located in Station Park. Her goal is to add equine assisted psychotherapy into her practice in the future.  She is not a horse whisperer, if that's what you were thinking.  Equine assisted psychotherapy uses horses as a teaching tool to help clients with mental health and developmental concerns.  When Michelle isn't working, she enjoys spending time with her family, camping, hiking, reading, photography, traveling, and gardening.

One thing that has been so fun for Michellle and her family was to host an exchange student from Germany, Vivi.  Michelle is very excited to get to travel to visit Vivi and her family, in Germany next year.

If you haven't had the chance to meet Michelle yet, stop by the library on Sundays and say, "Hi."