About Michelle
Michelle Lake is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and major life changes. She guides clients through depression, grief, trauma, and intimacy concerns using practical tools and steady support. Michelle also addresses issues such as parenting strain, career decisions, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
She draws on 17 years of clinical experience and a long history of helping people find direction after painful events.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on real problems and clear steps you can try between meetings. Michelle aims to create a direct and caring connection so clients feel heard and understood. Her approach blends several evidence-informed methods.
She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people move toward values-based living despite difficult feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Attachment-based ideas and Emotionally-Focused Therapy guide work on closeness, trust, and communication in relationships.
Michelle works collaboratively with each person to shape therapy around their goals and daily life. She balances empathy with active problem solving so progress feels tangible. The goal is to reduce overwhelm and increase the skills needed to cope and grow.
Clients can expect straightforward conversation, goal-setting, and practical homework when appropriate. Michelle welcomes conversations about identity and life transitions and aims to support people as they rebuild hope and strength.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then take steps toward what matters to them. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and trying practical changes to reduce symptoms and improve day-to-day functioning. It suits anxiety, depression, and coping challenges. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) and attachment-based ideas look at patterns of connection and communication in relationships to improve closeness and repair hurt.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michelle will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That collaborative process can include trying an approach for several sessions and adapting it based on what helps.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful when visual cues matter and for longer weekly sessions. Phone sessions can fit into a shorter break or require less bandwidth. Live chat or messaging works for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or when someone prefers written communication. These options make scheduling more flexible and allow therapy to fit into busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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