- Values-driven work
- Practical coping skills
- Support around adoption
About Michelle
Michelle Lake is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Florida with 17 years of clinical experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, depression, grief, and challenges tied to parenting or life transitions. Her work also addresses adoption and foster care concerns alongside issues like attachment, abandonment, and caregiving stress.
She favors a warm, straightforward style in sessions. Conversations focus on practical steps and personal values. She draws on methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice patterns and try new ways of coping.
Michelle also uses attachment-based ideas and emotionally-focused work to address closeness, trust, and intimacy-related concerns. Sessions aim to strengthen relationships and improve communication, while reducing blame and isolation. She tailors goals to each person’s situation and pace.
Her background includes a master’s degree in counselor education with a specialization in mental health counseling, and long experience supporting LGBT clients and adults through individual and couples work. Michelle emphasizes respectful, nonjudgmental collaboration and practical problem solving.
People who reach out can expect clear steps, homework where useful, and attention to life circumstances such as chronic illness or caregiving demands. She encourages people to build on their strengths while learning skills for emotion regulation, decision making, and reconnecting with purpose.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, values-guided steps even when feelings are difficult. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and life-direction concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing more helpful behaviors; it often helps with anxiety, depression, and anger. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current closeness and trust, and it can be helpful for intimacy and family-related concerns.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Michelle will collaborate with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. That process includes trying approaches and adjusting as progress and feedback indicate.
The therapist biography does not name specific online session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also makes it simpler to continue care through life changes, caregiving responsibilities, or relocation without assuming a particular format is offered.
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Experience
17+ years
Credentials
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does Michelle help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, grief, trauma, parenting challenges, ADHD, and issues tied to life changes. Adoption and foster care concerns are also listed among her focus areas.
What is her therapy style like?
Michelle uses a warm, collaborative approach that focuses on practical steps and personal values. Sessions are conversational and aimed at helping people try concrete new skills between meetings.
How much experience does she bring?
She has 17 years of clinical experience working in mental health counseling settings. That experience includes work with LGBT clients and a range of individual and relational concerns.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) licensed in Florida. Her practice is based in Florida.
Which languages are supported and can international clients work together?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking to know what is offered.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Michelle?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.