Michelle Lakefield is a licensed professional counselor in New Jersey with twenty years of experience.
01About Michelle
Michelle Lakefield is a licensed professional counselor in New Jersey with twenty years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are stressed, anxious, depressed, or facing major life changes. Michelle works to create an open, nonjudgmental space where people can talk honestly about what matters to them.
Clients meet someone who listens and responds with practical guidance. Michelle uses straightforward conversation to help people notice patterns, try small changes, and build skills for day-to-day life.
Background and approach
She helps with relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, anger, and the lasting effects of trauma and abuse. Her work also covers issues such as parenting strain, caregiver stress, eating and body image concerns, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue. Michelle pays attention to family-of-origin patterns, blended family challenges, and communication problems that keep people stuck.
She also supports people dealing with divorce, domestic violence, and forgiveness work. Therapy sessions blend a few different methods depending on what the person needs. Michelle draws on client-centered listening, practical problem-solving, and tools to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
She adapts the approach to each person's goals and pace. Michelle accepts people who prefer to meet online and those who need flexible session formats. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules a time that fits their routine.
02Credentials
- LPC (New Jersey)
- License 37PC00374100 · expires November 2026
- NPI
- 1689839870 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Michelle lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Anger management
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Michelle names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
These are the methods Michelle names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
How Michelle’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy places the person’s experience at the center. The therapist listens without judgment and follows the client’s lead to build understanding and trust. This approach helps when someone needs a supportive space to sort through feelings and make sense of their situation.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It uses practical exercises and small experiments to change unhelpful thinking and behaviors. CBT is often useful for anxiety, depression, coping with life changes, and managing strong emotions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Michelle will discuss goals and preferences and recommend methods that fit each person’s needs. That collaboration helps shape a plan that feels doable and relevant to daily life.
Online therapy offers flexibility and a range of ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues are helpful. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick updates, ongoing support between sessions, or when writing feels easier. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep momentum between appointments.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Michelle commonly help with?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, eating concerns, ADHD, bipolar symptoms, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and practical. Michelle focuses on listening, helping people notice patterns, and using concrete tools to change thoughts and behaviors.
How much experience does she have?
Michelle has 20 years of professional experience working in counseling and related settings.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is licensed as an LPC in New Jersey and provides services from that location.
Can sessions be conducted in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
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?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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