About Michelle
Dr. Michelle Bailey offers practical, down-to-earth support for adults facing stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, depression, trauma, and relationship challenges. She focuses on helping people learn concrete skills to cope with life changes and to rebuild emotional balance.
Dr. Bailey draws on two decades of experience and uses straightforward methods to help clients find relief and move forward. She earned a Doctoral degree in education and a Master’s degree in counseling before a long career in mental health.
Background and approach
She holds a Florida license in mental health as an LMHC and also maintains a Washington State LMHC license. Her background includes service in the United States Navy and many years working with adults on mood, trauma, and substance concerns. In sessions she blends talking and practical exercises.
Clients can expect clear tools from cognitive behavioral ideas, acceptance-based skills, and short-term solution strategies. The work often focuses on changing unhelpful thinking, practicing new behavior, and learning to tolerate uncomfortable feelings so daily life feels more manageable. She pays attention to attachment patterns, codependency, caregiving stress, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem.
Therapy can also address career questions, parenting strain, and the complicated emotions that follow loss or major transitions. Outside of her clinical work she enjoys dancing, traveling, laughing, and spending time with family and friends. That balance informs a warm, practical style aimed at helping people reclaim more of what matters to them.
How online approaches like CBT and ACT can help
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, shame, or getting unstuck after loss. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing new behaviors to reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety. Solution-Focused Therapy zeroes in on small, practical steps and what is already working to create change quickly.Finding the right blend of methods is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which approaches fit best based on goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Sessions can shift over time as needs change, with a focus on skills that can be used between meetings.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions work well for deeper conversations and guided exercises, while phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a busy day. Live chat and text messaging are useful for short check-ins, ongoing support, and practicing skills in the moment. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into everyday life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Washington
- Languages
- English