About Michelle
Michelle Cohen Negri offers straightforward, goal-focused help for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, trauma, parenting strain, or problems with intimacy and self‑esteem. She approaches sessions with a calm, practical style and aims to help clients find small, usable steps forward. Michelle holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential (LCSW) and practices in Florida.
Michelle blends lessons from her past as a professional athlete with clinical experience. She uses that background to encourage resilience, discipline, and steady progress.
How Michelle works
Sessions focus on real-life skills like emotional regulation, clearer communication, and reshaping unhelpful thought patterns. Her work addresses trauma and abuse, grief and loss, mood disorders, and post-traumatic stress in everyday terms. She also helps people with body image, sexuality, pregnancy and childbirth concerns, caregiver stress, and issues tied to attachment and relationships.
Michelle pays particular attention to feelings of guilt, shame, and struggles with self-love. Therapy with Michelle is collaborative and strengths-based. She and the client set clear, values-centered goals and try techniques that fit each person’s life.
Progress is tracked with practical exercises you can use between sessions. Clients can expect a warm, direct approach that balances empathy with structure. Michelle values measurable steps and aims to help people reconnect with purpose and steady routines.
Her short-term focus can shift to longer work if deeper healing is needed.
What Michelle works with
The areas below are the ones Michelle selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
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Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Michelle uses practical, evidence-based techniques that translate well to remote sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which is useful for anxiety, mood problems, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy focuses on building emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills for intense emotions and relationship challenges. Mindfulness practices are used to reduce reactivity and improve focus through simple breathing and awareness exercises.Choosing the right approach happens together. Michelle will talk with each person about goals, daily routines, and what has or hasn’t helped before, then suggest techniques that match those needs. The plan can change as work progresses, so clients shape the methods used in therapy.
Online sessions offer flexible ways to connect. Video calls let you work face-to-face when deeper conversation or visual cues help. Phone sessions suit those with low bandwidth or who prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, tracking progress, or continuing work between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and maintain continuity when life is unpredictable.
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