- Years in practice
- 25
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Grief
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Michelle
Michelle Skoien is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 25 years of experience helping people cope with life stress. She focuses on practical skills parents and individuals can use right away to feel steadier. Her style is calm and welcoming, and she aims to help people regain balance across physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual areas.
Michelle teaches concrete tools for anxiety, stress, and depression. She also works with grief and loss, and helps people manage the daily effects of ADHD.
Background and approach
Many clients come to her wanting ways to reduce worry, rebuild confidence, or find purpose after a hard season. Sessions often include learning coping skills to increase calm and boost self-esteem. Michelle uses short, clear exercises and gentle conversation to teach those skills.
Parents can expect practical strategies to support children's behavior and classroom coping skills. She also helps people sort through guilt, shame, and issues around forgiveness and self-love. Michelle frames growth as a step-by-step process that builds resilience over time.
She encourages small changes that add up to more steady mood and clearer direction. Michelle’s approach is rooted in real-world tools you can practice between sessions. Her goal is to help people notice progress and feel hopeful again.
If someone needs help handling life changes or reconnecting with purpose, she focuses on doable steps forward.
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
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Self-love
Approaches Michelle lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that fit your schedule and goals
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and adapting to the person in front of the therapist. It focuses on understanding a person’s experience and building a collaborative relationship to support change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and replaces them with practical strategies to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and handle everyday stressors.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michelle will work with each person to decide which methods match their goals and preferences. That choice is collaborative and can change over time as needs shift.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation when deeper interaction helps. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a busy day. Chat or text messaging can be useful for quick check-ins, short exercises, or when someone prefers written reflection. These formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting it into real life.
Questions people ask about Michelle
What concerns does Michelle commonly address?
She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, low self-esteem, parenting challenges, coping with life changes, and ADHD, along with issues like guilt, shame, forgiveness, life purpose, and self-love.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and client-centered, focusing on teachable skills and brief exercises drawn from approaches such as cognitive behavioral and mindfulness-informed methods.
What is her background and experience?
Michelle has 25 years of experience working with people facing a variety of life challenges and supports gradual skill building aimed at increasing resilience and hope.
Where is Michelle licensed and practicing?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and holds a Florida LMHC credential. Her practice is based in Florida.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Michelle provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are fees and billing handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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