About Michelle
Michelle Perkins is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) with 12 years of experience. She works with adults who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, addiction, and life changes. Michelle focuses on helping people find practical steps they can use between sessions to feel steadier day to day.
She draws on straightforward, collaborative methods rather than one-size-fits-all answers. Sessions are built around the client's goals and paced to what feels manageable.
Background and approach
Michelle aims to teach skills for managing strong emotions, improving sleep, and handling difficult conversations. Her background includes work with people facing grief, parenting strain, career transitions, and chronic health challenges. She also supports those dealing with attachment wounds, codependency, and communication problems at home or work.
Michelle has experience addressing a range of concerns such as bipolar symptoms, eating and intimacy issues, and substance use struggles. Therapy commonly uses practical tools from cognitive behavioral and mindfulness approaches alongside client-centered listening and emotion-focused work. Michelle helps clients notice unhelpful thinking patterns, practice new coping strategies, and build stronger emotional connections in relationships.
That mix makes sessions goal-oriented yet responsive to each person’s story. Appointments are offered remotely and in formats that fit different schedules. Michelle aims to make the first steps simple: a short questionnaire and a scheduled time to begin working toward clearer priorities and realistic next steps.
How Michelle Uses Practical Therapies Online
Michelle combines client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to help people manage anxiety, stress, and relationship concerns. Client-centered work focuses on listening and making space for each person's story so goals come from the client's priorities. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at thinking patterns and teaches concrete skills to reduce worry, improve sleep, and change behaviors that get in the way of daily life.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michelle will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit best based on needs and goals. That means trying techniques, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together rather than following a fixed script.
Online therapy offers several practical advantages for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a deeper interaction is helpful. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a camera isn't wanted. Live chat and text-based messaging make short check-ins and skill practice easier between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, family, and medical schedules while still getting regular support.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Ohio
- Languages
- English
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