Michelle Perkins, LCSW, LISW - Therapist in Florida

About Michelle

Michelle Perkins is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) practicing in Florida. She focuses on family and parenting concerns alongside a wide range of stressors like anxiety, depression, addiction, and relationship problems. Michelle emphasizes a warm, practical approach that helps families and parents find clearer steps forward.

Her style is straightforward and supportive, with an emphasis on helping people feel understood and able to act.

Background and approach

Michelle uses tools from several proven therapies and picks what fits each family. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to spot unhelpful thinking and shift daily habits. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills help with emotion regulation and coping when feelings feel overwhelming.

She also uses Client-Centered and Emotionally-Focused approaches to strengthen communication and connections between partners and family members. With 12 years of experience, Michelle has worked with individuals, couples, and families facing parenting challenges, grief, trauma, and co-occurring concerns such as chronic illness or substance use.

She pays attention to practical needs like sleep, eating, and daily routines as part of recovery and stability. Michelle believes therapy should match each person’s story and goals rather than follow a one-size-fits-all plan. Sessions blend education, skills practice, and supportive conversation.

Michelle helps clients set achievable goals and tracks progress together. She aims to make therapy useful from the first few meetings. Treatment is offered in English and shaped around what each family needs.

Michelle welcomes questions about how sessions will run and what to expect as a first step toward change.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and following what matters most to the client. It helps people feel heard and supported while they decide what changes to try. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical tools to change patterns that cause distress. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and many day-to-day struggles.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michelle will collaborate with each person or family to choose methods that fit their goals and situation. Together they review progress and adjust the plan if a different strategy would work better.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different family rhythms. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and to keep continuity when in-person meetings are hard. The variety of formats supports both focused skill practice and ongoing check-ins, letting therapists and clients work in ways that feel practical and consistent with daily life.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of issues does she address?

Michelle works with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, relationship and family problems, parenting challenges, grief, trauma, and related concerns like sleep and eating problems.

What is her therapeutic style like?

She uses a practical, supportive style that mixes education and skills practice with empathetic listening. The aim is to build clear tools families can use between sessions.

How long has she been practicing?

Michelle has 12 years of experience working with individuals, couples, and families on a range of concerns including addiction and parenting difficulties.

Where is she licensed and located?

She is licensed in Florida as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and holds an Ohio license as a Licensed Independent Social Worker. Her practice is based in Florida.

What languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Which session formats are available?

Therapy can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How are fees and subscriptions handled?

Cost varies by location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

What do I do to get started?

Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to the therapist's availability.

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Experience: 12 years
Licensed: Florida, Ohio
Languages: English

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