Michelle Louisville, LCSW

Michelle Louisville is a Florida licensed clinical social worker with two decades of experience helping people facing addiction, depression, bipolar challenges, grief, and trouble sleeping. She also supports those coping with life changes, low self-esteem, career frustration, compassion fatigue, and intimacy or relationship concerns.

Her style is straightforward and practical. She listens first, then works with each person to set clear, achievable goals. Sessions focus on small, usable steps clients can take between meetings to build confidence and steady progress.

Michelle uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy along with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and mindfulness practices. She draws on motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques to help people find their own reasons to change and to identify workable strategies that fit daily life.

In session she helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and habits, try new behaviors, and practice skills for managing strong feelings. She also addresses family of origin issues, codependency, addiction, and cultural or discrimination-related stress when these shape a person’s concerns.

Michelle aims to create a nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be talked about honestly. She breaks larger problems into manageable steps and partners with clients to build coping skills tailored to their goals. Taking the first step can feel hard, and she aims to make that step clearer and more doable.

Practical approaches for online therapy

Michelle commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to guide online work. CBT focuses on recognizing and testing unhelpful thoughts and trying different behaviors to change how problems feel. ACT helps people clarify values, accept difficult feelings, and take actions that match what matters to them.

She also uses mindfulness skills to help people stay present and notice stress or cravings without reacting automatically. Together these approaches aim to create clear steps and daily practices clients can try between sessions. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose which methods fit a person’s situation and goals, and will adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video allows more face-to-face connection, phone can be a simpler check-in when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can fit brief updates or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping focus on practical change and skills practice.