Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Anger management
How Michelle works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- New Jersey
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Michelle
Michelle Lakefield is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in New Jersey with two decades of clinical experience. She offers straightforward, compassionate care for people dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, grief, depression, and relationship concerns. Michelle aims to make the first step easier by meeting people where they are and listening without judgment.
In sessions she focuses on clear conversation and practical steps. She encourages people to name what’s most troubling them, then works collaboratively to find ways to reduce distress and improve daily functioning.
Background and approach
Treatment plans are shaped around each person’s goals and pace. Michelle uses methods that help people change unhelpful thinking patterns and build new skills. She also uses client-centered work to keep sessions grounded in each person’s experience.
Solution-focused techniques are used to identify small, achievable changes that can make a big difference. Her practice includes support for issues such as trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, parenting stress, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses family-of-origin problems, blended family challenges, and caregiving strain when these are part of a person’s story.
Michelle accepts international clients and offers multiple session formats to fit different needs. She encourages people who are nervous about starting therapy to take the first step and complete the matching process to connect and schedule a session.
What Michelle works with
Everything Michelle lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Michelle's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Anger management
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Michelle lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Michelle uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice and change patterns of thinking and behavior that increase stress or fuel anger. CBT work often focuses on small experiments and skill building to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.She also draws from client-centered therapy, which emphasizes listening, empathy, and following the person's lead. This approach helps people feel heard and clarify what matters most to them before trying new strategies.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Michelle will talk with each person about needs, goals, and preferences, then suggest a plan that may mix methods. Together they check progress and adjust tactics if something is not working.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels. Video is useful for longer conversations and learning new skills, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat are helpful for brief check-ins or ongoing support between longer sessions.
Questions people ask about Michelle
What kinds of concerns does Michelle address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, ADHD, and related concerns listed in her specialties.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Sessions combine client-centered listening with practical techniques from cognitive behavioral and solution-focused approaches to identify goals and make step-by-step changes.
What is Michelle's professional background?
Michelle has 20 years of professional experience working with a range of concerns and life challenges.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in New Jersey.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.