Michelle Fennessy, LCSW

Michelle Fennessy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in Florida. She holds a Master of Social Work from Columbia University in New York and a Bachelor of Psychology from Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts. As an LCSW - which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker - she combines formal training with years of clinical experience to support people through difficult transitions and persistent concerns.

She recognizes that reaching out for help takes courage and self-awareness, and she honors that first step toward healing or simply feeling better. During her graduate training Michelle was required to be a therapy client herself, an experience that shaped her appreciation for how long it can take to feel safe enough to share the most private or painful thoughts. That empathy informs the patient, steady way she works with others today.

Michelle emphasizes the strengths she sees in each person early in the work, and she prioritizes helping people know they are not alone. Her practice often focuses on anxiety, depression, trauma, and heartbreak, and she has specific experience supporting people in what she describes as "middle marriage" crisis. She also assists men and women who want to change addictive or self-destructive patterns such as binge-eating, over-drinking, or repeated urges to text, call, or use social media to monitor someone who is not healthy for them. Having lived and worked abroad, she brings a personal and professional understanding of the unique stressors faced by expatriates.

Her clinical approach is rooted in the Strengths Perspective, Cognitive Behavioral methods, and goal-oriented work. She is interested in Energy Psychology and in helping clients find thoughts or stories that shift their internal energy enough to invite positive change. Some clients explore ideas like the Law of Attraction with her as they consider how mindset and intention relate to their goals. Regardless of the route taken, Michelle believes people deserve a life they love and that therapy can help them move closer to that reality.