About Michelle
Michelle Keaton is a licensed clinical social worker in Florida with 18 years of professional experience. She focuses on practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and major life changes. Michelle aims to make the first step feel manageable and safe for anyone beginning therapy.
She works in a straightforward way that respects each person’s pace and values. Sessions are shaped around real problems and clear goals rather than jargon.
Background and approach
Michelle listens for what matters most and then helps clients test small changes that can make daily life easier. Her background includes long-term practice helping people who struggle with motivation, coping after loss, addiction concerns, and trauma. She also supports people facing chronic illness, caregiver stress, and career-related strain.
That variety helps her tailor tools that fit a person’s routine and responsibilities. Michelle uses approaches such as acceptance and commitment work, cognitive behavioral methods, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and brief solution-focused techniques. These options give practical ways to reduce anxiety, shift unhelpful thoughts, and build clearer values-based choices.
People who do best with her usually want clear steps and honest conversation. She aims to empower clients to notice small wins and keep going when things feel hard. If someone wants steady, practical support in Florida, Michelle offers a calm, experienced presence to walk alongside them.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice what matters to them and take small committed steps toward those values, even when difficult thoughts or feelings show up. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to challenge unhelpful thinking and change behavior. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices that reduce reactivity and improve day-to-day coping.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Michelle will work with each person to see which methods fit their goals, daily schedule, and preferences. That may mean combining mindfulness with CBT techniques or using motivational interviewing to boost readiness for change.
Online formats offer flexible ways to get consistent support. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper skill work, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or screen time is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or staying connected between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy part of a busy life and to practice new skills where they really matter.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English