Online Therapy for Recovery and Growth in Florida
Professional Support from Greenacres to Boca Raton and Beyond
Searching for online therapy in Florida shouldn't feel like another chore on your to-do list. Whether you are navigating the complexities of addiction recovery for yourself, or you are a parent seeking specialized professional support for an adult child, you deserve a space where you can be heard without judgment. If you’re looking for help managing anxiety or you’re on a personal development kick, I’ve got your back.
I offer you a professional anchor to move toward a life of greater agency and self-trust.
When you choose virtual counseling, you gain more than just convenience. You gain the ability to engage in deep, meaningful work from the environment where you feel most secure.
If you value your privacy and your time, my telehealth practice is designed for you. Along with my concierge approach, I provide flexible afternoon, evening, and weekend sessions that fit into your actual life. If you are tired of feeling stuck and are ready to start building a future you actually feel good about, you have come to the right place.
The Advantages of Online Therapy in Florida
Convenience & Flexibility & Accessibility
You can change your life without disrupting it. Focus on your well-being from anywhere in Florida – your home, office, or even while enjoying the fresh air of a beautiful park. Online sessions fit busy schedules, eliminating travel time, traffic, and parking hassles.
We can connect no matter how busy or harried you feel, no matter how tight your schedule is, and no matter what frame of mind you’re in.
Imagine logging into therapy with me while enjoying the fresh air of a beautiful park or walking laps around your office building. You can even attend therapy stretched out on a blanket at the beach - anywhere you’re able to find a spot with some privacy and either an internet or mobile data connection. I’ve got you covered with secure video, secure phone, and even secure texting.
Expedience
Online therapy saves you time and energy. There’s no sitting in traffic, no waiting in the lobby, no irritation because you had to wait until Monday to get someone in the office. I respond to you seven days a week. If you have questions or need a session on the fly, you can easily reach me between sessions, including evenings and weekends.
Teletherapy eliminates travel time, time searching for a parking space, and parking costs. Transportation is not an issue. You can participate from any location that affords you privacy and minimizes distractions. We can connect from a variety of devices including your computer, your tablet, or your smartphone.
Privacy
Online therapy means no unwanted waiting room encounters or concerns about privacy after an intense session. Have you ever run into strangers in a waiting room after an intense therapy session? There’s nothing worse than making eye contact with someone for the first time when you’re feeling raw and vulnerable and you just want some privacy. Not a problem with online therapy.
Safety
If you prefer evening appointments, you don’t have to worry about getting mugged or injured while walking from the building to the car on a dimly lit street.
If you are at greater risk for complications from COVID-19 or other communicable diseases like the flu or even the common cold, telecounseling eliminates the need to risk your health to attend therapy. You don’t have to wear a mask in an online session when it’s just you in the room, so you can see my facial expressions and I can see yours.
If you’re physically disabled and it’s hard for you to get around, virtual counseling is so much easier and less stressful. You can even attend if you're sick, without risking your health.
If you have allergies, there’s no concern about perfumes or smoke or other odors that might bother you in an in-person office setting.
Comfort & Manageability
Settle into a therapy session in the comfort of familiar surroundings. You can wear your pajamas, drink a cup of hot cocoa, and munch on a snack during therapy. As a busy professional, you probably know what it’s like to look forward to talking about what’s on your mind, only to have to cancel your therapy session because you couldn’t take time off work, find a babysitter, or arrange for child care. Remote sessions make it possible for you to take less time away from work or family to get to therapy and tend to your own well-being. You can access virtual therapy during a work break or while at home with the kids.
You don’t necessarily have to cancel therapy if you’re sick, either. As long as you feel up to talking, you can show up for your session - pillows, bedhead, tissues, and all!
Plus, with my concierge approach, you get real-time access to therapy content through the personalized, private e-library I create for you - at no extra cost - and you choose when you want to work on it.
A Concierge Approach to Online Recovery Support
Personalized, Attentive Care
Your online therapy sessions are designed around your unique needs and goals. I intentionally maintain a small caseload, because this ensures that you’ll have personalized attention and high-quality care. You’ll get a full hour for your scheduled sessions, not 45-50 minutes, and contingency plans are in place for technical issues.
Direct Access & Priority Communication
As a concierge therapist, I offer direct access without intermediaries like virtual assists or receptionists. I respond quickly to messages via secure text or email seven days a week, often within the hour. Supplemental phone or secure text-based therapy is available when you need extra support between video sessions.
Customized Resources
All of my clients receive 24/7 access to a personalized digital library of content, worksheets, exercises, and insight tools to use between sessions. This e-library is included in your session fees.
Comprehensive Online Support for Addiction and Anxiety
I work with both substance use problems such as alcohol, prescription medications, illegal drugs, and behavioral addictions such as codependency, compulsive shopping, excessive internet use. I help you resist cravings, urges, and emotional triggers and learn new ways to calm the storm inside your head. Studies show that online treatment for both substance use disorders and behavioral addictions is proven just as effective as in-person treatment.
I specialize in therapy for addiction recovery and co-occurring mental health disorders such as anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, trauma-related disorders, borderline personality disorder, and bipolar disorder. I understand that active addiction often mimics the symptoms of these disorders, and I can help you untangle which symptoms are substance-related and which are not. If you’d like me to, I am happy to coordinate care with your other health care providers such as your PCP, psychiatrist, or other specialists.
I am an experienced substance use therapist. I’ve specialized in this area since I got licensed in 2012. As a therapist with lived experience in long-term recovery, I’m able to understand the challenges you face and appreciate the triumphs along your journey. Clients often tell me it makes them feel more comfortable knowing I've "been there, done that." Learn more about my approach.
I'm Michelle Robin Gould, Licensed Mental Health Counselor. I’m Board Certified in Telemental Health, which means I know how to make online therapy safe, secure, and engaging for you.
I provide specialized attention and exceptional service for adults throughout Florida.
Appointments are available afternoons, evenings, and weekends to fit your schedule.
Your Path to Lasting Recovery Starts Online
Solution-Focused Approach
Therapy with me focuses on helpig you see the solutions to your problems rather than dwelling on the problems themselves. This approach helps strengthen your confidence and internal steadiness, leading to a happy life in recovery. I will help you figure out what you want for your future - what will give you a sense of purpose, a sense of belonging, and a sense of fulfillment.
Regain Control
I help you discover your strengths, manage emotions, clarify thinking, and make decisions that serve you. You will finally be able to set and keep healthy boundaries and improve relationships - relationships with family, friends, and colleagues.
Frequently Asked Questions About Online Therapy
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The following conditions may be a strong indication that telemental health therapy is not a good fit for you at this time.
If technology causes you so much stress that you avoid logging on to your devices.
If you are so suspicious of technology/electronics that your suspicion undermines your confidence in HIPAA-secure applications and processes.
If you are abusing alcohol or other drugs excessively on a daily basis.
If you are unwilling to identify an appropriate support person in the case of need.
If you are unwilling to verify your identity, location, and phone number.
If you are not comfortable submitting payment online.
If you are suicidal, or have a significant risk of becoming so.
If you are planning to hurt someone else, are homicidal, or have a significant risk of becoming so.
If you are currently a victim of domestic abuse and do not have a private location and time in which to receive teletherapy without your abuser’s presence or observation (electronic or otherwise).
There are risks to receiving telemental health services in domestic abuse situations. Some of these risks include compromises to your privacy and security. For example, your abuser may install spyware on your devices, or may insist that you share your passwords and passphrases with them so they can access your therapy records and other protected health information. Your abuser may insist on being present during your sessions or monitor your sessions with electronic listening devices. Because of these risks, teletherapy may not be the safest option for you. If you are living in an abusive situation, please contact one of the crisis resources on my find immediate help page.
If you have more questions, I’ve got you covered on my FAQs page. If you don’t find what you’re looking for there, shoot me an email.