- Years in practice
- 3
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Michelle
Michelle Cohen Negri is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Florida who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, trauma, and self-esteem concerns. She draws on a background as a professional athlete to emphasize resilience, discipline, and steady progress in therapy. Her tone is practical and supportive, aimed at people who need clear steps and realistic tools.
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and mixes approaches to fit each person.
Background and approach
Sessions often focus on small, achievable changes that lower everyday distress and improve emotional regulation. Michelle helps clients notice patterns, practice new skills, and set values-based goals they can actually follow. Her work includes supporting people dealing with post-traumatic stress, grief, mood changes, relationship intimacy questions, and the stresses that come with caregiving and pregnancy.
She also addresses attachment concerns, body image, guilt and shame, and questions about life purpose. The emphasis is on practical strategies rather than long, abstract talk. Michelle’s method is collaborative and strengths-oriented.
She identifies what is working for a person, what gets in the way, and crafts short-term steps toward meaningful change. Mindfulness, cognitive tools, and behavioral strategies are woven into sessions where they fit the client’s needs. Clients who want direct guidance and clear skills for handling tough moments tend to do well with her style.
She offers video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to make sessions fit modern schedules and busy lives.
What Michelle works with
Everything Michelle lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Michelle helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches that translate well to online care
Michelle blends evidence-based methods into straightforward, online sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small behavioral changes to reduce anxiety and low mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving communication when feelings run high. Mindfulness practices teach simple ways to calm the body and bring attention back to the present moment, which helps with stress and reactivity.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, daily challenges, and preferences, and together they decide which techniques to try first. Plans are adjusted over time based on what proves most useful for the client.
Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video is useful for full conversations and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for a focused check-in. Live chat or text messaging can be used for brief updates, homework check-ins, or when a shorter interaction fits a schedule. These options increase flexibility and help people keep momentum between sessions.
Questions people ask about Michelle
What concerns does she address?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, parenting challenges, and self-esteem struggles, among other concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
The approach is collaborative and strengths-based, with practical skills and short-term goals to reduce distress and build emotional regulation.
What is her clinical background?
She is a licensed clinical social worker with three years of experience and a history as a professional athlete that informs her emphasis on resilience and discipline.
Where is she located and licensed?
She practices in Florida and holds a Florida LCSW license.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions paid for?
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?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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