About Michelle

Michelle Skoien is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 25 years of experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, and life changes. Parents reading this should know she focuses on practical skills that make daily life easier.

Her style aims to build steadiness and hope over time. Michelle emphasizes learning hands-on strategies in a welcoming space. Sessions focus on clear tools for coping, regulating emotions, and handling the demands of parenting and school life.

Background and approach

She also offers support for adults managing attention differences such as ADHD and for people working through depression or loss. Her work draws on approaches that center the person and aim for small, measurable changes. That can include cognitive-behavioral techniques for changing unhelpful thinking and solution-focused steps for setting concrete goals.

Mindfulness practices are used to help people feel calmer in stressful moments. Over her career she has helped people recover from trauma, grief, and long seasons of struggle. She emphasizes learning skills that can be practiced between sessions so progress continues outside the appointment.

The goal is increased calm, greater confidence, and a clearer sense of purpose. Michelle blends practical skill teaching with steady encouragement. She often frames growth as a series of small steps toward more balance in physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual life.

The work aims to strengthen resilience and nurture hope even after hard experiences.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person and their experience. The therapist follows the client's lead, listens deeply, and helps people find their own answers; this approach is helpful for those wanting more self-understanding and support.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) works by identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It offers concrete exercises and homework to reduce anxiety, lift mood, and manage stress in daily life.

Mindfulness therapy teaches simple practices to calm the body and mind in stressful moments. These techniques help people notice thoughts and feelings without being overwhelmed and can be paired with other strategies for coping.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and how they respond to different techniques. Together they try options and adjust the plan based on what helps most.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people keep face-to-face connection, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy routines and to try different formats as needs change.

Questions people ask

What concerns does she help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, parenting challenges, depression, coping with life changes, and ADHD. Additional focus areas include forgiveness, guilt and shame, life purpose, and self-love.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is person-centered and practical. She teaches skills from cognitive-behavioral, mindfulness, and solution-focused approaches to build coping and confidence.
How much experience does she have?
She has 25 years of experience working with people facing trauma, grief, and long-term stress. That experience informs a steady, skills-focused approach.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) licensed in Florida. Her practice is based in Florida.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She meets with people using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Various formats allow for short check-ins or longer conversations depending on needs.
How does billing and starting therapy work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

What this therapist works with

Experience
25 years
Licensed
Florida
Languages
English

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