About Michelle
Michelle Keaton is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Florida with 18 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, and depression. Her approach centers on practical steps people can use right away to feel steadier and more in control.
She tailors conversations and plans to each person’s situation. Sessions focus on clear goals, straightforward skills, and realistic steps for change. Michelle values respect, sensitivity, and compassion in every interaction.
Background and approach
Her work draws on tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and build actions that match their values. She also uses mindfulness techniques to calm the body and motivate steady progress. Michelle has helped people facing life transitions, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and complicated grief.
She also supports those dealing with panic, phobias, obsessive behaviors, and addiction-related concerns. Practical problem solving is part of the work when daily routines or responsibilities feel overwhelming. Sessions emphasize collaboration: identifying what matters, testing small changes, and adjusting plans as needed.
Michelle aims to empower people to make sustainable shifts without overwhelming them. People who prefer clear, goal-focused conversation and steady skill-building tend to do well with her style. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How ACT, CBT, and Mindfulness work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values even when feelings are hard. It is useful for anxiety, avoidance, and making changes during life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thought patterns and testing different behaviors to reduce distress. It often helps with anxiety, panic, phobias, and mood struggles by teaching concrete tools to try between sessions.
Mindfulness Therapy trains simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus. It can be helpful for stress, sleep problems, and chronic pain by building calmer responses to difficult sensations and thoughts.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a team effort. Michelle will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals and comfort level, then adjust over time as needs change. The process is collaborative, with agreed-upon steps and regular check-ins to see what helps.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video allows face-to-face interaction for skills practice, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, brief chat or messaging works for quick check-ins or when people prefer written reflection. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or medical schedules while still working toward measurable progress.
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What this therapist works with
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- Addictions
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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