Michele Lackey, LPC

Michele Lackey is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Georgia with 29 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, anger, trauma and abuse, and self-esteem concerns. Michele also pays attention to issues related to veterans and armed forces, and to survivors of sexual assault and abuse.

She approaches therapy as a collaborative process that builds on a person's existing strengths. Michele uses practical, evidence-based methods to help people find clearer thinking, better emotion regulation, and safer ways to cope. Sessions tend to be straightforward and goal oriented, with tools you can use between meetings.

Michele draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thought patterns and replace them with more useful ones. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance, and EMDR and trauma-focused methods when past events are causing ongoing harm.

Her style emphasizes active problem solving and steady skill building. Michele encourages small, manageable changes and tracks progress as people try new ways of responding to stress and conflict. She views each person as the author of their life and works to strengthen the resources they already have.

Signing up for therapy is often a brave step, and Michele aims to make the process clear and predictable. She invites people to begin with a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session when they are ready.

How Michele's approaches translate to online therapy

CBT helps people notice and change unhelpful thought and behavior patterns. Online CBT often uses short homework tasks and structured worksheets to practice new skills between sessions, which can fit into busy routines.

EMDR and trauma-focused therapy focus on reducing the emotional impact of past events. These approaches guide people through gradual processing of difficult memories, often paired with grounding and stabilization skills to manage strong feelings safely.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michele will collaborate with each person to decide which methods match their goals, needs, and comfort level. That choice can change as therapy progresses, and she adjusts tools and pacing to suit each person.

Confirm the session formats available before booking, since specific formats are not listed in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments into a workday, reduce travel time, or allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Licensed professionals often use these options to help people maintain consistent treatment while balancing everyday life.