Michelle Lake

Michelle Lake is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida with 17 years of experience. She helps people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship and career concerns, grief, trauma, parenting challenges, ADHD, and other life changes. Her approach is warm and direct, aiming to build practical skills and clearer direction rather than offering quick fixes.

Michelle draws on several therapy approaches to match each person’s needs. She mixes cognitive behavioral techniques with acceptance and commitment ideas to help people change unhelpful thinking and clarify values. She also uses attachment-focused work and emotionally-focused strategies to address closeness, trust, and intimacy issues.

Sessions tend to focus on small, doable steps that add up over time. Michelle emphasizes practical tools for mood regulation, communication, and problem solving alongside deeper work on loss, identity, and meaning. She supports clients who are exploring life purpose, coping with chronic illness, or facing major transitions.

Her background includes graduate training in counselor education and long clinical experience in individual, couples, and group settings. Michelle aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through their concerns and test new ways of relating to themselves and others.

To begin, she asks people to reflect on values and immediate priorities so sessions stay focused on what matters most. The work combines hands-on strategies with attention to relationships and inner motivation, helping people build momentum and greater day-to-day stability.

How Michelle’s Approaches Work Online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and choosing actions that fit your values. It helps when life feels stuck and people want clearer direction and motivation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms. It’s useful for mood and stress management. Attachment-Based Therapy attends to how close relationships shape feelings and behavior, and it helps when trust, intimacy, or communication cause pain.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Michelle will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, preferences, and daily life. That choice can change over time as progress is made and new needs emerge.

Confirm the therapist's current session options before booking, since specific formats are not listed in the biography. Online work can make therapy easier to fit into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people meet consistently during life transitions or while juggling work and caregiving. Licensed professionals tailor pacing, homework, and tools so progress continues even when sessions must be brief or scheduled around other obligations.