Michelle Louisville, LCSW

Michelle Louisville is a licensed clinical social worker in Florida with about 20 years of experience. She helps people manage addictions, depression, bipolar symptoms, grief, low self-esteem, and relationship and intimacy concerns. She also supports those coping with life changes, career stress, caregiver strain, and issues tied to trauma and military service. Her approach is practical and straightforward. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness, Motivational Interviewing, and solution-focused techniques to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Sessions focus on small, doable steps - learning coping skills, shifting patterns, and working toward clearer goals. Michelle aims to make sessions a place where people can speak honestly without judgment. She encourages exploration of values, what matters to each person, and how daily choices line up with those values. Work may include building routines for better sleep, addressing substance use patterns, or practicing communication skills. Her background includes long-term clinical practice in Florida and work related to veterans and service members. She draws on that experience when clients bring military or service-related concerns, while tailoring methods to each person's needs and pace. People who want to start are guided through an initial matching and scheduling process. Michelle emphasizes collaboration - clients set priorities and she helps plan next steps toward clearer goals and healthier habits.

Approaches that translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take steps that match those values. It often involves practical exercises and short behavioral experiments that can be done between sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like depression, anxiety, or sleep troubles. Mindfulness Therapy trains attention and present-moment awareness to lower reactivity and improve coping with stress and cravings.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Michelle will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit best based on goals, past efforts, and daily life. That means sessions can blend techniques and adjust over time rather than sticking to a single model from the start.

Session logistics should be confirmed before booking since formats are not specified here. In general, online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow for shorter check-ins when time is limited, and remove travel time from a day. It also lets therapists assign between-session exercises, track progress digitally, and use guided mindfulness or motivational tools in real time. Confirm available session formats and scheduling when you start the matching process.