Michelle Lake, LMHC

Michelle Lake is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Florida with 17 years of clinical experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, parenting struggles, grief, and life transitions. She also helps people facing trauma, LGBT-related concerns, ADHD, caregiver strain, and aging and geriatric issues.

Michelle uses straightforward, supportive listening to help people name what matters most to them. She draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Attachment-Based Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy to match tools to the person. Sessions focus on practical steps that fit everyday life, and on building strength to manage setbacks.

Her background includes a master’s degree in counselor education with a specialization in mental health counseling and experience across individual, couples, family, teen, and group work. Michelle emphasizes a respectful connection that lets people try new coping skills and repair important relationships.

In therapy with her, clients can expect help clarifying values, managing difficult feelings, and solving communication problems. She supports people working through issues like chronic illness, caregiving stress, abandonment and attachment wounds, career choices, and loneliness. The pace and techniques are tailored to each person’s goals.

Michelle invites clients who want a collaborative, practical approach to emotional challenges to begin exploring change together.

How Michelle’s approaches translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and choose actions that reflect their values. It can help with stress, life transitions, and long-term issues like caregiving strain. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches skills to change them, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and anger. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on emotions and attachment in relationships, helping partners or individuals understand and change interaction patterns that cause distress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michelle will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. She adapts techniques over time and checks in often so the plan reflects what is helpful and realistic.

Confirm the available session formats before you book, because specific formats are not listed in the biography. Online care can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and offering options that work around work or caregiving schedules. Licensed professionals can use these methods effectively through remote sessions, helping people build skills, process feelings, and improve relationships across distance.