Michelle Smith, LCMHC, LMHC

Michelle Smith is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Mental Health Counselor with ten years of experience. She offers calm, practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, grief, and major life changes. Michelle is based in Oklahoma and speaks English. Her work centers on helping people clarify what matters to them and take manageable steps toward those values. She uses approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-focused ideas, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral tools, and dialectical behavior strategies. These methods are used flexibly to match each person's needs. Michelle has a long history in mental health settings and has supported clients with a wide range of concerns. That background includes work with issues like depression, bipolar disorder, trauma and abuse, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and aging and geriatric issues. She also addresses relationship topics, intimacy-related concerns, and identity matters including LGBT themes. Sessions are practical and goal oriented while also making room for the hard feelings that come with change. She helps people build coping skills for sleep, eating, anger, and attention difficulties such as ADHD, and she offers coaching-style support when clients want clearer next steps in career or life transitions. Michelle aims to create a nonjudgmental space where people are heard and guided toward workable plans. To begin, prospective clients use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

How her approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people get clear about what matters most and then take small, meaningful steps toward those values. It often focuses on reducing struggle with difficult thoughts and building a life that feels worthwhile. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in relationships and emotional bonds. It helps people understand how past and current attachments shape reactions and closeness in relationships, which can ease caregiver stress and aging-related relationship shifts. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they try methods that fit the person’s needs and adjust the plan as progress is made. Because the original biography does not list specific online formats, confirm available session types before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time to appointments. It also lets people continue care if they move between regions or when in-person visits are difficult to schedule. Licensed professionals tailor sessions to practical life demands while using CBT, ACT, or attachment-informed strategies to help with stress, grief, caregiving responsibilities, and aging-related concerns.