About Us

Tailored recovery paths and collaborative treatment oversight for alcohol and substance use disorders and mental health challenges.

Holistic Path Management is the only firm to offer comprehensive addiction treatment case management with legal mitigation research and litigation support.

We develop and navigate individualized treatment paths for young adults, adults, and their family members offering healthy solutions during this critical time.

We meet you were you are

Holistic Path Management realizes the struggles that addiction causes the family as a whole. With broken relationships, inability to maintain employment, health complications, or legal issues, we want to offer hope because recovery is possible.

Specializing in Legal Mitigation Services

Holistic Path Management specializes in providing litigation support by developing comprehensive mitigation reports designed to prove a clear and concise connection to the client's behavior and substance use disorder.

Providing a pathway to long-term recovery

Holistic Path Management is devoted to each individual case with the ultimate goal of providing the gifts of freedom, resiliency, and self-confidence for long-term recovery.

What is a Therapeutic Consultant?

Therapeutic Consultants are professionals who identify the most effective therapeutic options for individuals and families facing substance use and mental health challenges by navigating the behavioral healthcare system and matching patients with the most beneficial level of care, treatment programs, psychiatric hospitals, therapy programs and recovery support services. These professionals will have an in-depth knowledge of the many programs, facilities and services that are available to assist families. They will get to know their client's individual challenges, the overall family dynamics and which services or supports are going to best help the individual and family move forward on a more positive path.

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Holistic

Providing solutions for the whole person: mental, physical, emotional, social, and spiritual well being.

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Path

Developing and overseeing individualized treatment paths for the client and the family while partnering with client-centered legal and healthcare professionals in Texas and across the country.

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Management

Screening, planning, coordinating, and monitoring actions required to meet the individualized treatment path created for the client and the family. Empowering them to make informed decisions. Ensuring care provided by all members of the treatment team is safe, timely, and effective.

Michelle M Sandlin

Therapeutic Consultant, Mitigation Specialist, Family Coach

Holistic Path Management LLC was founded by Michelle M Sandlin to help save lives from alcohol use disorders, substance use disorders, and mental health challenges. Working in the behavioral healthcare industry for over 15 years, it became apparent that both the client and the family struggled with knowing where to start, who to call, how did they get to this point, and why was this happening? Over time, Michelle has seen fear and anxiety levels reach new heights. She decided to dedicate her career to being a guide for individuals and families by providing solutions and education surrounding addiction and mental health.
Michelle started her own recovery journey in 2004 in Mississippi and moved to Texas in 2009 to begin a career in the behavioral healthcare industry. Michelle’s extensive industry knowledge, experience, and national referral partners allow her to develop holistic, tailored pathways to recovery and healing for the entire family.
Michelle’s passion and talents are most visible in her ability to collaborate in a team approach in the criminal justice industry. She is laser-focused when advocating for clients facing legal challenges due to their addiction. Michelle specializes in bridging the gap between the judicial system and her clients' recovery journeys by providing case management for both the client and their family. She partners with criminal defense and family law attorneys by developing individualized mitigation packets, providing case management for the client and the family, and appearing as an expert witness in court.
Michelle has been a member of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (TCDLA) since 2017, serving on the DWI Committee (2018-2020) and the Mental Health Committee (2020-Present). Michelle also served as a board member on Lubbock’s Drug Court Advisory Board from 2015-2020.
She currently resides in the DFW area.
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Publications

Revolving Door: Treatment vs Incarceration

Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
Voice for the Defense Sep 14, 2021