Michaela Carney, LMHC

Therapist in Florida

Michaela Carney is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida with five years of experience.

License MH24403 · Florida Expires March 2027
NPI 1659199016 · national registry
Experience and languages 5+ years in practice English, Portuguese

Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check any license with the state board and any NPI with the national registry.

About Michaela

Michaela Carney is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida with five years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, and relationship challenges. Michaela emphasizes the client’s strengths and views each person as the expert on their own story.

She takes a straightforward, respectful approach in sessions. Conversations are centered on the client’s goals and lived experience. Michaela helps people notice what’s working, name what’s not, and try practical steps toward change.

Background and approach

Her work often includes short-term tools for coping and longer conversations about meaning and purpose. She uses methods that help with symptoms and with understanding emotional patterns. That can include techniques from cognitive behavioral approaches and trauma-focused work.

Michaela also incorporates relational strategies informed by the Gottman Method to address communication and connection concerns. For people processing past wounds, she draws on trauma-focused approaches that include EMDR elements when appropriate. Sessions can feel goal-oriented but also warm and collaborative.

Michaela supports people as they test new ways of relating and managing stress. She aims to make therapy practical, understandable, and rooted in each person’s life circumstances.

Credentials

LMHC (Florida): License MH24403 · expires March 2027
NPI: 1659199016 · national provider identifier

Both are public records. A state board register will confirm a license and its standing, and the national registry will confirm an NPI. This directory copies what the therapist lists and checks neither.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Michaela lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Approaches Michaela names

These are the approaches Michaela 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.

Online support

Approaches that guide online sessions

Gottman-informed strategies focus on improving communication and managing conflict. These methods help people learn concrete ways to talk and listen more effectively and to address patterns that create distance.

Client-centered therapy emphasizes understanding the person’s experience and building on their strengths. It creates space for someone to tell their story, set their own goals, and feel supported while they try new ways of coping.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, uses practical exercises to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, stress, and mood concerns by setting clear steps and tracking progress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with clients to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That choice can shift over time as needs change and progress is observed.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for fuller conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let clients share thoughts between sessions and fit therapy into a busy schedule.

These formats make therapy more flexible for people with varied work hours, caregiving duties, or travel. Licensed professionals can use these tools to keep work moving forward between meetings and to help people try new skills in real life.

We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. It does not change what you pay or the order of the listings.

Frequently asked

What concerns does she help with?

Michaela works with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, self esteem, and coping with life changes. She also focuses on communication problems, divorce and separation, impulsivity, and workplace issues.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is collaborative and strengths-focused. Sessions combine practical coping skills with conversations about goals and meaning.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has five years of professional experience as a clinician working with a range of concerns including anxiety and trauma.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She holds the credential LMHC, which stands for Licensed Mental Health Counselor, and practices in Florida.

Which languages are supported in sessions?

Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese. International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are delivered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin therapy with her?

Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Is this your profile?

Ask us to correct details or take the page down.