Michelle Gibbs-Parrish, LCSW
Calm, practical guidance for everyday challenges
Explore online therapy optionsWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
How Michelle works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Michelle
Michelle Gibbs-Parrish is a Florida-licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, mood disorders, addiction concerns, grief, and anger. She emphasizes a respectful, down-to-earth approach that treats each person as the expert on their own life.
She begins by listening and learning what matters most to each person. Sessions focus on practical steps: noticing patterns, testing small changes, and building skills that make daily life easier.
Background and approach
Michelle encourages straightforward goals that fit into a person’s routine rather than abstract targets that are hard to use. Her work includes support for relationship struggles, communication problems, codependency, and issues around trust and infidelity. She also addresses compulsions, obsessions, and mood fluctuations, helping people find better ways to respond when feelings and impulses feel overwhelming.
Michelle draws on several therapeutic styles to match what a person needs in the moment. That can mean learning concrete techniques to shift thinking, practicing emotional awareness, or working on values and life direction. She aims for collaboration and clear, concrete plans between sessions.
People who come to Michelle often want someone who listens without judgment and offers practical tools. She guides step-by-step progress while respecting each person’s pace. Her practice is based in Florida and sessions are conducted in English.
What Michelle works with
Everything Michelle lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Michelle's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Avoidant personality
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Michelle lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Michelle adapts therapeutic approaches for online work
Michelle uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and focus on values-based actions that matter to them. ACT is practical for people struggling with avoidance, low motivation, or repeated anxious thoughts because it emphasizes meaningful steps rather than perfect solutions.She also draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thought patterns and try alternative behaviors. CBT offers clear, testable techniques that can reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and some compulsive behaviors through short, manageable exercises.
Choosing a method is a collaborative process. Michelle will talk with each person about goals, try approaches in session, and adjust based on what feels most useful. The partnership is about finding what helps in everyday life rather than following a single fixed method.
Online formats make scheduling more flexible. Video calls work well for deeper conversation and working through emotion-focused exercises. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or you need a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging let people exchange brief updates, practice skills in the moment, and maintain contact between longer sessions. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and different comfort levels.
Questions people ask about Michelle
What concerns does Michelle address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, anger, and mood disorders among other concerns listed in her profile.
What is her general therapy style like?
Her style is collaborative and practical, focusing on listening first and then introducing skills and small steps people can try between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 15 years of professional experience as a licensed clinical social worker.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds a Florida LCSW credential and practices in Florida.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be delivered via 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 model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to therapist availability.