Michelle Lake, LMHC

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Compassionate counselor for life transitions

Details

Name	Michelle Lake
Credentials	LMHC
Based in	Florida
Licensed in	Florida
Session format	Online
Languages	English
Years in practice	17

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 and parenting struggles, grief, trauma, and questions about identity. Her style is warm and direct, focused on practical steps people can try between sessions.

Michelle uses narrative ideas to help people reframe difficult stories about themselves. She also draws on acceptance and commitment methods, attachment-based work, client-centered listening, and cognitive-behavioral tools to tailor sessions to each person's needs.

Background and approach

Sessions tend to focus on clear goals, useful skills, and real-life practice. Her approach centers on building a respectful, collaborative relationship. Michelle listens closely to what matters to each person and helps them notice patterns that keep problems stuck.

She works with issues such as parenting strain, caregiving stress, burnout, chronic illness challenges, and identity concerns including LGBT matters. Michelle blends insight with hands-on techniques. Conversations may include mapping a problem story, trying new behaviors, or practicing ways to handle intense feelings.

She encourages small experiments outside therapy to test what works in daily life. Clients come away with clearer choices and steps to manage hard moments. Michelle explains ideas in plain language and keeps tasks realistic.

She invites people who want steady, practical support to explore next steps together.

What this therapist works with

Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Family conflicts among the things Michelle works with, alongside the areas below.

Approaches listed

Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Michelle among the ways she works.
Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Michelle among the ways she works.
Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Michelle among the ways she works.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Michelle among the ways she works.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Michelle among the ways she works.
Existential Therapy: Listed by Michelle among the ways she works.
Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Michelle among the ways she works.
Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Michelle among the ways she works.
Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Michelle among the ways she works.
Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Michelle among the ways she works.
Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Michelle directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.

Narrative Therapy in this listing

Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.

If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Michelle directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.

Online session options

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Michelle often uses Narrative Therapy to help people rewrite the stories they tell about themselves. This approach looks at how problems are described, finds alternate storylines, and opens new choices for relationships, identity, and life direction.

She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to teach ways to notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, and to clarify values that guide meaningful action. ACT is useful for anxiety, stress, grief, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy is part of her toolkit for understanding how early connections shape current relationship patterns and for building closer, more stable bonds in relationships.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Michelle will talk with each person about goals, try different methods, and adjust plans as needs change. The work is collaborative and paced to what feels manageable for the client.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video works well for face-to-face conversation and deeper work, phone is useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging suit quick check-ins or shorter problem-focused work. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily routines.

Common questions about this listing

What concerns does Michelle address?

She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, grief, trauma and abuse, bipolar concerns, ADHD, career questions, and identity matters including LGBT issues.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. Sessions focus on listening, reframing stories, and trying practical steps between meetings.

What is her background and experience?

Michelle holds a master's degree in counselor education and has 17 years of experience as a mental health counselor and supervisor.

Where is she licensed and based?

She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida, listed as FL LMHC in her credentials.

Which languages and international options are available?

Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.

What session formats are offered?

Sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How does payment and cost 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 her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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