Michelle Smith, LCMHC, LMHC
Compassionate counselor focused on practical change
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- Values-driven work
- Skill-focused sessions
- Trauma-informed lens
About Michelle
Michelle Smith is a licensed counselor (LCMHC, LMHC) based in Oklahoma who focuses on helping people adjust when life changes feel overwhelming. She draws on ten years of experience in mental health to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and midlife transitions. Her approach is straightforward and aimed at practical steps people can use right away.
She uses a mix of approaches that fit each person’s needs. Sessions often emphasize skills for managing strong emotions, shifting unhelpful thoughts, and clarifying personal values. Michelle centers the conversation on what the person wants to change and builds concrete strategies to move toward those goals.
Michelle supports people dealing with relationship strain, parenting challenges, career stress, and questions about identity, including LGBT concerns. She also helps people facing trauma, chronic illness, body image issues, and burnout. Many clients find it useful that she addresses both immediate coping and longer-term patterns.
Her style is client-centered and nonjudgmental. She aims to meet people where they are and to pace the work based on what feels manageable. Sessions can include talking, skill practice, and guided reflection depending on what the person needs.
To begin, she asks people to name their immediate concerns and goals so therapy stays grounded in real-life improvements. Michelle encourages active collaboration so the plan evolves as needs change.
She uses a mix of approaches that fit each person’s needs. Sessions often emphasize skills for managing strong emotions, shifting unhelpful thoughts, and clarifying personal values. Michelle centers the conversation on what the person wants to change and builds concrete strategies to move toward those goals.
Michelle supports people dealing with relationship strain, parenting challenges, career stress, and questions about identity, including LGBT concerns. She also helps people facing trauma, chronic illness, body image issues, and burnout. Many clients find it useful that she addresses both immediate coping and longer-term patterns.
Her style is client-centered and nonjudgmental. She aims to meet people where they are and to pace the work based on what feels manageable. Sessions can include talking, skill practice, and guided reflection depending on what the person needs.
To begin, she asks people to name their immediate concerns and goals so therapy stays grounded in real-life improvements. Michelle encourages active collaboration so the plan evolves as needs change.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
LGBTFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual dysfunctionSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Existential TherapyEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Gottman MethodHypnotherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems
Experience
10+ years
Credentials
Florida, Oklahoma, Oregon, New Hampshire
Languages
English
How Michelle’s Approaches Translate to Online Work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) emphasizes clarifying values and taking small committed steps toward them while learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings. It is useful for stress, life transitions, and low mood when people want a values-based plan. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It often includes simple exercises and homework to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, and shift negative thinking patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Michelle works collaboratively to decide which methods match a person’s goals and preferences. Together they try techniques, check what helps, and adjust the plan based on progress and feedback.
Practical benefits of online therapy are about fitting care into everyday life. Online work can make it easier to schedule sessions around work or parenting, avoid travel time, and keep momentum between appointments. Because session formats are not listed here, please confirm the specific options available before booking. The focus is on making therapy usable in daily routines while applying ACT and CBT tools to real problems.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Michelle commonly address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy challenges, grief, self-esteem, and coping with life changes including midlife transitions.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her work is client-centered and practical, mixing skill teaching with reflective conversation to help people manage emotions and change unhelpful patterns.
What is her professional background?
Michelle has ten years of experience in the mental health field supporting a range of concerns and life stages.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LCMHC and LMHC credentials and practices from Oklahoma.
Which languages are sessions offered in and can international clients connect?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Session formats are not specified here; please confirm current session options before booking to know which formats are offered.
How does cost work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
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