- Focus on sleep routines
- Practical tools and skills
- Trauma informed care
About Michelle
Michelle Underwood is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor with 15 years of experience helping people facing sleep disruption, stress, anxiety, and life transitions. She speaks plainly and listens carefully to what keeps someone up at night. Parents and adults who want practical steps and clearer routines often find her approach steady and direct.
She uses short, clear conversations to identify patterns that affect rest and daily energy. Sessions focus on small changes that fit into real life, such as adjusting bedtime habits, managing worry, or setting boundaries that reduce nighttime rumination. Michelle asks concrete questions and offers straightforward tools rather than abstract theory.
Her background includes long-term work with addiction, trauma, relationship strain, and grief. That range helps when sleep problems are tied to other issues like pain, mood, or past loss. Michelle combines ideas from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-focused work with a client-centered emphasis on each person’s goals.
Clients can expect collaborative planning and repeated review of what works. She tracks progress and adjusts strategies over time rather than sticking to a single script. Conversations cover emotions, daily routines, and practical problem solving to improve both sleep and daytime functioning.
Michelle aims to help people regain steadier rest and clearer days through realistic steps, focused skills practice, and a calm, accepting presence in sessions.
How her approaches can guide online work
Michelle draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy to guide her online work. ACT focuses on noticing thoughts and values, then taking small steps toward a meaningful life despite difficult feelings; it can help with worry, insomnia, and motivation. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns, and it helps when sleep or anxiety ties to relational fears or intimacy issues.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Michelle collaborates with each person to match methods to their goals and daily life. She checks in about what helps and adjusts plans so the work fits the client rather than forcing a single technique.
The original biography does not list which online session formats are used, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also supports working on bedtime routines and morning structure in the context where those habits occur.
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Experience
15+ years
Credentials
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does Michelle help address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, sleeping problems, addictions, relationship issues, grief, body image, and related concerns that affect daily life.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is direct and collaborative, with short clear conversations and practical strategies tailored to each person’s routine and goals.
How much experience does she have?
Michelle has 15 years of clinical experience working with a range of emotional and behavioral concerns in Florida.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is an LMHC licensed in Florida and practices out of that state.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
The biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.