- Years in practice
- 10
- Credentials
- LCMHC, LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida, Oklahoma, Oregon, New Hampshire
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Grief
About Michelle
Michelle Smith is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with ten years of experience. She focuses on practical steps that help people feel steadier in day-to-day life. Michelle writes plainly, listens closely, and works with each person to set useful goals.
Her approach blends acceptance work and cognitive tools to reduce intense emotions and make room for valued living. She also uses attachment-informed ideas to help people understand repeated relationship patterns.
Background and approach
Sessions are collaborative and paced to match what each person needs right now. Michelle has helped people manage stress, anxiety, grief, mood differences such as depression and bipolar symptoms, and challenges around self-esteem. She supports those navigating parenting concerns, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, and issues like eating, sleeping, and anger.
Career stress, caregiver strain, and intimacy-related concerns are also common topics she addresses. Clients can expect straightforward skills practice alongside conversations about values and meaning. Michelle draws on cognitive behavioral techniques and acceptance strategies to build coping options.
She also attends to attachment patterns that often shape how people relate and respond under stress. Based in Oklahoma, Michelle works in English and accepts international clients. Her style is warm, nonjudgmental, and focused on small, manageable steps that add up over time.
She invites people who feel stuck to try simple changes and track what improves.
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
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Michelle lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-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.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and build small habits that align with those values. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and parenting stress by shifting focus from avoiding difficult feelings to acting on chosen goals.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments. It offers practical tools for managing worry, mood changes, sleep problems, and impulsive reactions.
Attachment-Based ideas look at how early and current relationship patterns shape expectations and reactions. That perspective can help when patterns of mistrust, withdrawal, or repeated conflict show up in close relationships.
Finding the best fit is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals and try different strategies to see what helps most. That way sessions reflect each person’s needs, preferences, and pace rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.
Online therapy with Michelle uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is useful for longer sessions and deeper conversation, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat lets someone check in quickly, and messaging supports brief updates or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options let people fit therapy into work, parenting, or travel schedules while keeping care consistent.
Questions people ask about Michelle
What concerns does Michelle help with?
She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar symptoms, grief, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Parenting, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, and sleep or eating challenges are also included.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. Sessions mix skill practice with values-based conversation and attention to relationship patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has ten years of experience in the mental health field working with people from diverse backgrounds and life situations.
What credentials and location apply to her practice?
She holds NH LCMHC and FL LMHC credentials and practices from Oklahoma as stated in her profile.
In what languages can sessions be conducted?
Sessions are offered in English and she also accepts international clients.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and preferences.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule based on therapist availability.
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