Michelle Lake, LMHC

Michelle Lake is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Florida with 17 years of experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, and parenting challenges. Michelle also supports people coping with life changes, intimacy issues, career questions, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Her style is warm and straightforward. She builds a caring relationship and listens carefully to what matters most to each person. Sessions focus on practical steps that can be tried between meetings. Michelle uses clear tools to help people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and to strengthen close relationships. Michelle draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot patterns that keep problems going and to teach new skills for coping. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people live more in line with their values, and Attachment-Based ideas to understand relationship patterns. Other approaches she brings include client-centered and emotionally-focused work when helping with connection and emotion. She has worked with a wide range of concerns, including abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, commitment and control problems, divorce and separation, guilt and shame, impulse control, isolation, and questions about life purpose. Michelle explains options plainly and helps people choose what fits their situation. Therapy sessions are offered in English from Florida. Practical supports and coaching are available alongside therapy when requested.

How Michelle’s Approaches Work Online

Michelle uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice thoughts and behaviors that keep them stuck, and then to practice new ways of responding. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress because it breaks problems into manageable steps and concrete skills.

She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy which helps people clarify their values and take small actions that matter to them, even when emotions are hard. Attachment-Based ideas are used when relationship patterns and emotional connection are the main concern; these help identify repeating ways of relating and offer alternatives that build closeness.

Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk through goals, try different methods, and adjust plans based on what the client finds helpful. Clients are invited to give feedback so therapy stays focused on their priorities.

Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people fit brief touchpoints into a busy day or keep a written record of thoughts and exercises. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care and to use therapy in ways that match real life.