Michelle Lake , LMHC

Michelle Lake is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida with 17 years of clinical experience supporting adults, teenagers, couples, and families. She holds a Master’s Degree in Counselor Education with a specialization in Mental Health Counseling and serves as a Qualified Supervisor for mental health counselors, combining advanced training with supervisory experience to guide both clients and emerging clinicians.

Michelle works across individual therapy, couples counseling, family therapy, and group settings, and brings a particular expertise in areas such as stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, LGBT issues, and life transitions. Her practice also addresses challenges like parenting, intimacy, self-esteem, caregiving stress, and career-related concerns, with additional focus on attachment, adoption and foster care dynamics, and chronic health-related difficulties.

Therapeutically, Michelle draws on a range of evidence-informed approaches to help people build resilience and practical coping skills. She emphasizes a caring, genuine therapeutic relationship and a holistic stance that honors each person’s strengths and goals. Her work centers on empowering clients to tap into their inner resources, make meaningful changes, and move toward greater emotional well-being.

Applying Evidence-Based Approaches in Online Therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify their values and develop psychological flexibility - it teaches practical skills to accept difficult thoughts and emotions while taking meaningful action toward what matters. ACT can be useful for stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions.

Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early and current relationship patterns affect emotions and behavior, and works to strengthen secure connections within couples and families. This approach is often helpful for intimacy issues, parenting concerns, and relationship repair.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a warm, nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship in which the therapist listens deeply and supports the client's own growth. It is well suited to fostering self-esteem, coping with change, and building emotional insight.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Michelle collaborates with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress unfolds so therapy remains client-centered and goal-driven.

Online sessions offer flexibility in how people connect - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging make it possible to access care from different settings and schedules. For many, these options increase consistency, make attendance easier, and allow therapy to fit into busy lives while working with licensed professionals and therapists who tailor treatment to each person's situation.