Michelle Skoien, LMHC - Therapist in Florida

About Michelle

Michelle Skoien is a licensed mental health counselor with 25 years of experience who focuses on parenting and family-related concerns. She aims to help parents and caregivers learn practical skills that bring more balance and calm to daily life. Michelle uses simple, hands-on strategies so families can try things between sessions and notice small improvements.

She creates a welcoming space and keeps conversations straightforward so worried parents can focus on next steps.

Background and approach

Michelle draws on a mix of approaches to match what each person needs. She teaches coping skills for stress, anxiety, depression, and ADHD. She also works with grief and loss and helps people facing life changes regain confidence and stability.

Sessions often include skill practice and troubleshooting for real situations at home or school. Michelle emphasizes building resilience - the ability to bounce back after hard times - by developing routines and tools that support physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual balance. Her style is practical and encouraging, aiming to leave people feeling calmer and more capable.

She also addresses deeper personal themes like forgiveness, guilt and shame, self-love, and life purpose when those come up. Michelle combines listening with clear, actionable suggestions that families can try right away. Parents who want straightforward guidance and steady support may find her approach especially helpful.

Therapeutic approaches and online convenience

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's experience with warmth and respect. It helps people feel heard and lets them steer what they want to work on, whether that is parenting stress or personal growth.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Michelle uses practical CBT tools to help change unhelpful thinking and build new routines for anxiety, depression, or coping with life changes.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. She will work collaboratively to try different techniques and pick what fits a person's needs, goals, and preferences. That process can change over time as progress is made or new concerns arise.

Online sessions let families access therapy with more flexibility. Video calls and phone sessions recreate face-to-face conversation, while live chat and text messaging offer shorter touchpoints and ongoing check-ins. Those options make it easier to fit skill practice and support into busy family schedules and to maintain continuity when life gets hectic.

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.

Mindfulness Therapy

Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Michelle address?

She focuses on stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem, parenting, depression, coping with life changes, and ADHD, and also addresses forgiveness, guilt and shame, life purpose, and self-love.

What is her general therapy style?

Michelle uses a practical, hands-on style that emphasizes skill teaching and real-life practice. She draws from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and solution-focused ideas to fit each person.

How long has she been practicing?

She has 25 years of experience working with individuals and families on a range of challenges.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is a licensed mental health counselor - Florida LMHC MH6482 - and practices in Florida.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people from other countries work with her?

International clients are not currently accepted.

What formats are available for sessions?

Sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.

How are costs and scheduling handled?

Costs vary by location and therapist availability and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, fill out the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session based on the therapist's availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 25 years
Licensed: Florida
Languages: English

Next step

Talk to Michelle

Takes a few minutes
Nothing to set up just to look
Stop at any point

Book with Michelle