About Michelle
Michelle Lake is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida with 17 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, trauma, grief, parenting concerns, and issues around identity and intimacy. She also supports people managing ADHD, bipolar symptoms, career shifts, and compassion fatigue.
Michelle builds calm, steady relationships that let people talk honestly. She listens closely and keeps the work practical. Sessions focus on skills you can use between appointments and on understanding patterns that get in the way.
How Michelle works
Her style blends several approaches to match each person’s needs. She draws on acceptance-based work to help people live by their values when things are hard. She uses cognitive-behavioral ideas to change unhelpful thinking and emotion-focused ideas to repair connection and attachment wounds.
Michelle aims for clear goals and concrete steps. She helps clients manage overwhelming emotions, reduce avoidance, and improve communication. She also offers coaching elements for career planning and life transitions when those goals come up.
Clients meet with a licensed counselor who brings long experience and steady support. Sessions are available through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Michelle works with adults in Florida and provides services in English.
Michelle lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
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
- 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
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 17 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Therapy approaches and online care that fit your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while choosing actions that match their values. It is useful for stress, anxiety, and life transitions when avoidance has taken hold. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches practical exercises to reduce anxiety and shift unhelpful patterns. It often helps with depression, anxiety, and impulsive responses. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on how emotions shape relationships and attachment. It supports people trying to repair connection, build trust, or understand recurring conflict.Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the work. Michelle will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they review progress and adapt the approach if something isn’t working.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls provide face-to-face conversation for deeper interaction. Phone sessions are a good option when bandwidth is limited or a camera isn’t preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between sessions or fit therapy into a busy day. These formats let people keep continuity of care, manage appointments around work or family, and use tools that suit their routine.
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