Sandy Michael Verified Provider
About Me
Sandy Michael is a Registered Marriage and Family Therapist Intern with a fierce passion and skillset for helping her clients address the challenges they’re facing at City Light Counseling in Kissimmee, Florida. She offers in person counseling services in English and Arabic.
Supportive and Personalized Counseling
Her training includes a Bachelor’s in Psychology and a Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy. She has also received additional schooling in several evidence-based therapeutic techniques. She utilizes Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and the Gottman Method (an effective approach for couples therapy) in her practice.Â
Because she takes an integrative approach, combining techniques and methods from several schools of thought, she can tailor an approach that’s unique to you and your circumstances. She also strives to foster a trusting, non judgmental, and warm environment in which each client can feel welcome to grow.
Paying for Services with Sandy
Sandy’s practice accepts several insurance plans, including Aetna, Cigna, Evernorth, Optum, Oscar, UHC and UMR. City Light Counseling offers a monthly therapy subscription plan that allows you to save money and have consistency and flexibility in your care.Â
Payment Options
Cost
- Individual Session: $150
- Couples Session: $150
Insurance Options
- Aetna
- Anthem
- AvMed
- BayCare
- BlueCross BlueShield
- Cigna
- Florida Blue
- Humana
- Meritain
- New Directions
- Optum
- Oscar
- United Medical Resources (UMR)
- UnitedHealthcare
- VA Community Care Network
Orientation & Focus
Ages Treated
Modalities
Languages Spoken
Religions
Specialties
- Addiction
- Anxiety
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
- Stress
- Substance Abuse
- Trauma and PTSD
Treatment Options
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Couples Counseling
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Eclectic Therapy
- Emotionally Focused Therapy
- Faith Based
- Family Therapy
- Gottman Couples Therapy
- Integrative
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Motivational Interviewing (MI)
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Trauma Focused