Hi, I'm Michelle, licensed mental health counselor and owner of Fresh Perspectives Counseling LLC!

The name Fresh Perspectives is inspired by the power of being seen, heard, and understood. These main principles and high ethical standards drive my counseling style and are foundational to the work I do in therapy. As a therapist (and as a human) who has sat in the counseling seat herself, being seen, heard, and understood is one of the most powerful experiences I have had. It’s incredibly validating and can take the pressure away, that pressure we often experience when we feel frustration, misunderstood, and when life is going with a curve ball we weren’t expecting. Feeling seen, heard, and understood can give us space in our situations; space that can allow us to choose how to respond to situations instead that knee jerk reaction behavior pattern. When we use effective effective treatment modalities, interventions, changes that work for your life, and focusing on sustainable change, we see the healing happen.

When I’m not wearing my counselor hat, you will probably find me listening to audiobooks, spending time with friends and family, taking my Australian Shepherd pup wherever possible, checking out new restaurants in town, battling the masses on Ticketmaster to see more concerts, and definitely touching a lot of grass (and water, and trees, basically more nature).

Professional Credentials:

• Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida (LMHC) #MH18133

• Licensed Professional Counselor in South Carolina (LPC) #LPC 8688

• M.A. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Rollins College, Winter Park, FL

Trainings & Specializations:

• Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Levels 1 & 2 and adolescents

• Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)

• Prolonged Exposure (PE) Therapy

• Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)