About Michelle
Michelle Fennessy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with two decades of experience. She works with people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, addiction, and relationship pain. She aims to create a welcoming space where people feel seen and understood as they begin to talk through painful or scary feelings.
She earned a Master’s degree and has practiced in settings that include work with expat-related stressors. Michelle draws on practical, goal-focused methods to help people change unhelpful habits and cope with life transitions.
How Michelle works
She also supports people dealing with intimacy issues, parenting stress, career pressure, and compassion fatigue. Her style mixes behavioral tools with mindfulness and values-focused work. She helps people notice thoughts and try small experiments to see what changes feel better.
Sessions often include simple exercises, short-term goal setting, and skills to manage overwhelming emotions. Michelle also uses internal parts work to understand conflicting inner voices and to reduce shame around struggles like binge-eating or compulsive social media checking. She offers a straightforward, hopeful approach that emphasizes strengths and realistic steps forward.
People who reach out can expect a calm, pragmatic clinician who encourages self-compassion while working toward concrete change. She practices in Florida and speaks English. Michelle accepts international clients for remote work.
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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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and commit to small actions that match those values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and motivation problems because it focuses on living a meaningful life despite difficult feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thought and behavior to identify small experiments that change how someone feels. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress-related issues and gives concrete steps to try between sessions. Mindfulness Therapy teaches present-moment noticing and simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm; it pairs well with ACT and CBT for managing overwhelm and compassion fatigue.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to try methods that fit their goals and preferences. Goals and methods are reviewed as therapy progresses so adjustments can be made together.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and exercises. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging can provide quicker check-ins, brief coaching, or support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum while working toward change.
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