About Cynthia
Cynthia Mickel is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with two decades of experience. She takes a relaxed, down-to-earth approach that makes it easier for people to talk and be heard. Cynthia works remotely and builds sessions around each person's immediate needs and goals.
She begins where a person is, whether that means offering an attentive ear or digging into the reasons someone reached out. Sessions often include practical experiments to try between meetings, so new skills get used in everyday life.
How Cynthia works
She asks clients to take an active role and promises to work alongside them rather than do the work for them. Cynthia has spent many years supporting people coping with trauma, substance use concerns, grief, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, and related struggles. She has led adolescent programming and supervised clinical work in residential substance treatment settings.
That background informs how she notices self-harm behaviors and responds with steady, patient guidance. Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns, including stress, intimacy issues, parenting challenges, body image, attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, anger, and coping after disasters. Cynthia also supports people with addiction and co-occurring conditions who want clear steps forward.
Sessions are offered via video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Cynthia uses client-centered methods and evidence-informed approaches to help people find workable changes and stronger self-trust.
Cynthia lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
What Cynthia works with
The areas below are the ones Cynthia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
How approach and online therapy work together
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice their thoughts and choose actions that match their values instead of getting stuck by hard feelings. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions where shifting perspective matters.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and trying new behaviors to change how someone feels. It tends to help with anxiety, depression, and mood challenges by giving concrete tools to test and change patterns.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on understanding emotional responses and building stronger emotional connections within oneself. It can be helpful for intimacy-related struggles and for people wanting to better manage intense feelings.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Cynthia will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and then tailor methods from these approaches to fit their situation. She often combines listening, skill teaching, and short experiments to try between sessions.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for a simple check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging are handy for quick support, shorter check-ins, or when typing feels easier than talking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping consistent progress.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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