About Michelle
Michelle Carr is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) who focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, mood challenges, and life transitions. She makes space for honest conversation and wants clients to feel seen and understood. Sessions are practical and warm so people can talk about what matters most to them.
She emphasizes short-term skills and longer-term insight. Michelle blends client-centered care with cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice thought patterns and try small changes.
Background and approach
She also uses dialectical skills for emotion regulation and EMDR for people who have trauma memories they want to process. Michelle typically suggests real-world coping exercises between sessions. Those might include small behavior changes, communication practice, or step-by-step grounding tools.
She encourages self-care that fits each person’s life rather than a one-size-fits-all plan. With seven years of experience, Michelle has supported people through depression, bipolar mood shifts, addiction concerns, grief, anger, and the stress that comes with big changes. She also addresses relationship problems, family conflict, immigration-related stress, and issues common to young adults and women.
Sessions are offered in English and Michelle practices in Florida as an LMHC. She accepts international clients and provides therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Getting started begins with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session that fits the person’s needs.
How Michelle’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy starts by listening closely to what matters to the individual and shaping sessions around their priorities. It helps people feel understood and makes it easier to try new ways of coping. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety or depression symptoms. It usually involves practical exercises and homework between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work and happens together. The therapist will discuss goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. That collaborative process aims to match tools to the person’s needs and preferences rather than forcing a single method.
Online therapy makes these methods easier to access. Video calls let conversations feel close to an in-person visit while keeping travel time low. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging provide quick check-ins or notes between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum during times of change.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns can Michelle help with?
How would you describe her therapy style?
What is her professional background?
Where is she licensed and located?
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
What session formats are offered?
How much do sessions cost?
How do I begin working with her?
Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Bipolar disorder
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Immigration issues
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English