About Michele
Michele Lackey is a licensed professional counselor with nearly three decades of experience. She focuses on practical strategies to reduce stress and anxiety and to restore day-to-day functioning. Her approach is straightforward and calm, aimed at helping people take the next step when life feels overwhelming.
She helps people work through effects of trauma and abuse using methods that target troubling memories and reactions. Michele also addresses anger and low self-esteem by teaching ways to manage strong feelings and rebuild confidence.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize small, concrete skills clients can use between meetings. Michele draws on tools from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and trauma-focused approaches to match what each person needs. She listens for what’s getting in the way and then suggests ways to practice different responses.
Progress is worked on at a pace that feels manageable for the client. People who have military backgrounds or a history of sexual assault may find her focus areas relevant to their recovery. She aims to create a clear path forward and to boost the person’s own ability to handle stressors.
Michele encourages realistic goals and steady steps toward them. Her long experience in Georgia has given her a wide view of common problems and practical fixes. She knows starting therapy can feel difficult and honors that courage.
Michele invites people to begin by matching with her and scheduling a first appointment to see if the fit feels right.
How Michele’s approaches translate to online therapy
Many of Michele’s methods focus on practical skills that transfer well to online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches specific tools to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, stress, and low mood. EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, focuses on processing distressing memories and reducing the intensity of traumatic reactions by using guided bilateral stimulation alongside focused recall; it is often used for trauma and abuse.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Michele will talk with each person about symptoms, goals, and what feels comfortable, then recommend methods to try. Together they monitor progress and adjust the plan as needed so the work fits the person’s pace and preferences.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction when a fuller conversation is helpful. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when a camera is not preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions or use shorter, more frequent touchpoints. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping continuity with a licensed professional.
Questions people ask
What concerns does Michele commonly help with?
What is her general approach or style in sessions?
How much clinical experience does she have?
What credentials and location information are provided?
In which languages are sessions available?
What session formats are offered for online work?
How is cost handled for sessions?
How do I begin working with her?
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 29 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.