- Stress and anxiety
- Addiction support
- Relationship concerns
About Michelle
Michelle Underwood is a licensed mental health counselor with 15 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and shifts in relationships. She aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space so clients can begin to feel steadier and make practical changes.
Michelle focuses on everyday problems that can feel overwhelming. She works with issues like trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, parenting strain, eating and sleeping difficulties, and challenges tied to identity and the LGBT experience. She also supports people managing ADHD, anger, and coping with life changes.
Her approach draws on several therapeutic styles rather than a single method. Michelle uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people accept difficult feelings while moving toward chosen values. She incorporates attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current connections. Client-centered listening and existential conversations help clients name what matters and find direction.
Work in sessions is practical and conversational. Michelle listens, reflects, and helps clients try small behavior changes or communication strategies. When helpful, she brings tools for managing cravings, grief, or sleepless nights and coaches clients on setting boundaries and improving communication.
Michelle practices in Florida as an FL LMHC. She works with adults who want steady support through life transitions, relationship strain, or challenges related to mood and substance use. To start, she asks people to share what they most want from therapy so sessions can focus on those goals.
Michelle focuses on everyday problems that can feel overwhelming. She works with issues like trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, parenting strain, eating and sleeping difficulties, and challenges tied to identity and the LGBT experience. She also supports people managing ADHD, anger, and coping with life changes.
Her approach draws on several therapeutic styles rather than a single method. Michelle uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people accept difficult feelings while moving toward chosen values. She incorporates attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current connections. Client-centered listening and existential conversations help clients name what matters and find direction.
Work in sessions is practical and conversational. Michelle listens, reflects, and helps clients try small behavior changes or communication strategies. When helpful, she brings tools for managing cravings, grief, or sleepless nights and coaches clients on setting boundaries and improving communication.
Michelle practices in Florida as an FL LMHC. She works with adults who want steady support through life transitions, relationship strain, or challenges related to mood and substance use. To start, she asks people to share what they most want from therapy so sessions can focus on those goals.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
LGBTFamily conflictsGriefEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemDepressionCoping with life changesCoachingADHD
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBody imageChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDissociationDivorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPost-traumatic stressProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Self-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaTraumatic brain injuryTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyExistential TherapyGottman MethodJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems
Experience
15+ years
Credentials
Florida
Languages
English
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Michelle often blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with attachment-focused work and client-centered listening. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings, and still move toward what they value. It can be useful for anxiety, motivation struggles, and coping with chronic worries.Attachment-based ideas are used to explore how early relationship patterns affect current connections and communication. This approach can help with intimacy concerns, trust issues, and repeated relationship conflicts. Client-centered therapy emphasizes empathic listening and respect so clients can find their own direction and pace for change.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Michelle will talk with each person about goals, needs, and preferences and adapt techniques to fit those priorities. The process is collaborative and paced to what the person wants to try.
Session formats should be confirmed before booking as they are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, cut down travel time, and allow check-ins that work around work or family commitments. Some formats may allow shorter, focused check-ins or sessions without video for lower bandwidth needs, but confirm current options when scheduling.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Michelle often help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain, and ADHD-related challenges.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Michelle practices in a conversational, practical way. She listens closely, reflects back what she hears, and helps clients try small changes between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 15 years of experience working with people on a wide range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
What credentials and region apply to her practice?
She holds an FL LMHC credential and practices in Florida.
Which languages are supported during sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Michelle?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.