Michelle Coffey, LCSW

Michelle Coffey is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) who focuses on helping people move through hard times. She uses a person-centered approach and works with clients to set practical goals. Her style is warm and empathic, and she aims for changes that fit each person's life.

She brings seven years of clinical experience supporting people with a wide range of concerns. These include stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, relationship and intimacy issues, and trauma and abuse. She also addresses challenges like grief, caregiving stress, chronic illness, body image, and work or career strain.

In sessions she favors straightforward conversation and collaborative problem solving. Techniques are chosen to match each person's needs, often drawing on cognitive behavioral strategies, skills from dialectical behavior therapy, and mindfulness exercises. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused ideas are also part of her toolbox.

Michelle helps clients sort priorities and try new ways of coping when life feels overwhelming. She pays attention to attachment and abandonment concerns, dissociation, and patterns such as codependency or dependent personality traits. Practical tools and short-term goal work are offered alongside deeper exploration when needed.

She practices in Florida and conducts sessions in English. People who want to start fill out a brief matching questionnaire and schedule based on therapist availability. The work is collaborative and paced to each person's comfort level.

Approaches that guide online work

Client-centered work focuses on the person's own goals and experience. The therapist listens closely and helps people set realistic, step-by-step aims to improve daily functioning and relationships.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts, behaviors, and emotions. It uses practical exercises and homework to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful patterns.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches specific skills for handling intense emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress. These skills can help with mood swings, impulsive behaviors, and high emotional reactivity.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. That choice may shift over time as progress is made and challenges change.

Practical benefits of online therapy can include easier scheduling, fewer travel demands, and the ability to fit sessions into a busy week. Because specific session formats are not listed in the profile, confirm current options before booking. A short intake and the matching questionnaire are used to get started so sessions can be planned around everyday life.