- Years in practice
- 6
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Grief
About Michele
Michele Bowers is a licensed mental health counselor who focuses on practical, real-world support. She draws on six years of experience to help people manage stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, grief, and parenting challenges. Michele aims to make the first steps feel manageable and straightforward.
She emphasizes collaboration and respect for each person's story. Michele listens closely and helps clients notice patterns that get in the way of daily life. She uses clear tools to strengthen coping skills and build self-awareness rather than relying on jargon.
Background and approach
Michele works with people facing ADHD, issues of self-esteem, and recovery from trauma and abuse. She also supports those navigating relationship concerns, compassion fatigue, anger, and major life changes. Additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment concerns, codependency, substance use struggles, and communication or control issues.
Her approach blends several practical methods. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people test and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy supports learning to live by chosen values while accepting difficult feelings.
Mindfulness and Client-Centered techniques add an emphasis on present-moment noticing and being understood without judgment. Michele offers straightforward coaching-style guidance alongside therapy. She aims to help people set realistic goals and practice small changes between sessions.
For someone juggling parenting stress, recovery work, or anxiety, her sessions are designed to be useful from week to week.
What Michele works with
Everything Michele lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Michele helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Grief
- Self esteem
- ADHD
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Michele lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
The practice combines cognitive behavioral methods and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people change unhelpful behaviors and live more in line with their values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and adjusting thoughts and actions that cause distress, which can help with anxiety, depression, and problem habits. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy encourages noticing difficult feelings and choosing actions that matter, often useful for stress, grief, and parenting challenges.Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist works with each person to match techniques to their goals and preferences. Together they review what feels helpful and adjust plans over time, so the work stays relevant to everyday life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different needs. Video is useful for deeper sessions that benefit from face-to-face interaction. Phone calls require less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat and messaging let people check in between sessions or use shorter, focused communications. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing parenting, work, and recovery demands.
Questions people ask about Michele
What concerns does Michele commonly address?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction issues, grief, parenting challenges, ADHD, relationship and family concerns, trauma and related problems such as anger and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is collaborative and practical. She listens closely, helps people spot patterns, and uses clear tools to build coping skills and self-awareness.
What background and experience does she bring?
Michele has six years of clinical experience working with addictions, trauma, anxiety, high-risk youth settings, and people with ADHD among other concerns.
What credentials and region apply to her practice?
She is a licensed mental health counselor, FL LMHC, and practices in Florida.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for therapy and check-ins.
How is cost structured for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions are provided through a subscription 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 schedule a session according to therapist availability.
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