Michelle Lake

Michelle Lake is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida with 17 years of experience. She focuses on concerns such as anger, stress, anxiety, relationships, depression, grief, and parenting. Michelle aims to help people find practical ways to manage strong emotions and move toward a more balanced life.

She draws on several counseling approaches to match each person’s needs. Sessions tend to center on clear goals, honest conversation, and building skills that can be used between meetings. Michelle emphasizes a warm, direct style that helps people identify what gets in the way and try new ways of responding.

Her background includes a master’s degree in counselor education with a specialization in mental health counseling and work across individual, couples, family, and group settings. That range informs how she tailors care to different situations and preferences. Michelle describes her work as collaborative and strengths-focused, helping people notice what already works while making changes that matter.

Practical tools are mixed with attention to underlying patterns such as attachment, values, and personal meaning. Techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy are used alongside emotion-focused and client-centered methods. The goal is steady progress through repeated, manageable steps.

Michelle encourages straightforward conversation about expectations and results. To begin, readers are invited to use the site’s Start Therapy button and complete a brief matching questionnaire that leads to scheduling based on therapist availability.

How key approaches shape online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and take small steps toward those values even when feelings are uncomfortable. It can help with anger, anxiety, and decisions about life direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing them with real-life experiments to reduce distress and change behavior. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and managing impulsive reactions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships influence current patterns and helps people notice and change repetitive ways of relating that cause pain.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each client about goals, daily patterns, and preferences, and then choose methods that fit. That collaborative process means techniques may shift as progress and needs evolve.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Online therapy can make regular sessions easier to fit into a busy life, help people keep momentum between appointments, and allow short check-ins when needed. It also supports using tools and worksheets in the moment, and can reduce travel time so therapy is simpler to schedule around work and family commitments.