About Michele
Michele Lackey is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, anger, self-esteem, and depression. She speaks plainly and offers steady support for those taking the first steps toward change. Michele brings 29 years of clinical experience to her work in Georgia.
She treats concerns linked to trauma and abuse, and has additional focus on veteran and armed forces issues and sexual assault and abuse.
Background and approach
Her background gives her familiarity with a wide range of life stressors and recovery paths. In sessions she uses practical, evidence-based approaches to help people develop coping skills. Michele draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.
She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy strategies to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills. For people whose lives have been affected by traumatic events, Michele incorporates trauma-focused techniques and EMDR to reduce distress and help process painful memories. She works at a pace set by the person seeking help and prioritizes clear, achievable goals.
Michele encourages active participation in the work and believes people are the architects of their own stories. She offers guidance, tools, and steady support while clients practice new skills between sessions. Starting therapy can feel hard, and she aims to make the process understandable and manageable.
How Michele's approaches translate to online therapy
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Online CBT sessions can include skill practice, thought records, and homework to build new habits for anxiety, depression, and stress.EMDR is a trauma-focused approach that helps process painful memories and reduce their emotional impact. In an online setting EMDR protocols can be adapted to guide processing and support clients through memory-focused work while tracking responses and progress.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Michele will work with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. She checks in about what is working and adjusts strategies as therapy progresses.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice and EMDR work, while phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option. Live chat and text messaging can be used for brief check-ins, skill reminders, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options help make scheduling more flexible and let people fit therapy into busy lives.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 29 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English