Michelle Huh-Mounts, LCSW

I began my career as a teacher and fiction writer, earning an MFA from the University of Michigan and eventually moving to NYC to become an editor at Harper’s Magazine.

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I moved on to become Managing Editor in magazines and books, but I soon began to realize that I wasn't as content in the publishing industry as I'd been as a teacher. I thought back to my time as an AmeriCorps teacher in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, an impoverished area where I often played the role of mental health supporter by default. It had been one of the most profound experiences of my working life.

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So I signed up for my first classes at the City University of New York, where I earned my clinical social work degree. I provided therapy to homebound elders in Brooklyn and to HIV-positive immigrants at the Latino Commission on AIDS. I also worked overnight shifts at a Manhattan suicide crisis hotline.

At the same time, I was experiencing Recurrent Pregnancy Loss. After years of losses and fertility treatments, I had my baby boy. I knew from then on my work would include supporting women and men facing infertility, miscarriage, and stillbirth.

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Today, I have built a practice that draws upon all of this life experience, as well as upon my more recent years treating individuals and couples throughout Pennsylvania, first at Forward Wellness Counseling and now via my private practice, Sky Psychotherapy. What an unexpected trip this has been, and I'm glad to be here.