Cynthia Mickel, LPC

Texas · 20 years in practice

Cynthia Mickel is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 20 years of clinical experience.

License and registration

LPC, Texas: 77725 · expires August 2026
LPC, Oregon: C6786 · expires August 2026
LMHC, Washington: LH61259668 · expires August 2026
LPC, Arizona: LPC-22323 · expires June 2027
NPI: 1093046344 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 20
Languages: English

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About Cynthia

Cynthia Mickel is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 20 years of clinical experience. She brings a calm, straightforward style and focuses on meeting people where they are. Cynthia aims to make talking about hard things easier and practical steps feel achievable.

She uses a client-centered approach, starting from each person's present concerns and priorities. Sessions often include short experiments to try between meetings so insights from therapy can be used in daily life.

Background and approach

Cynthia balances listening with guidance and encourages clients to discover their own strengths. Her work covers stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, LGBT concerns, intimacy-related issues, parenting stress, anger, bipolar disorder, and depression. She also addresses attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, communication problems, body image, blended family concerns, and related challenges.

Cynthia draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy along with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and client-centered methods. Those approaches help with emotion regulation, managing difficult thoughts, and building clearer relationship patterns. She has long experience in substance use services and adolescent programs, including roles as a clinical supervisor and clinical director.

Cynthia works remotely from Texas and offers multiple online session formats to fit different schedules and needs.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Cynthia lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Self esteem
LGBT
Intimacy-related issues
Parenting issues
Anger management
Bipolar disorder
Depression
Coping with life changes
Abandonment
Attachment issues
Blended family issues
Body image
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Impulsivity
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Personality disorders
Phobias
Post-traumatic stress
Prejudice and discrimination
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Cynthia names

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Online support

How Cynthia’s Approaches Work Online

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people notice and name difficult feelings and the patterns those feelings create in relationships. Online EFT sessions guide clients to express emotions more clearly and practice new ways of connecting or responding to others.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and choosing actions that fit personal values. In virtual sessions, this can mean learning small exercises to reduce avoidance and build committed action in daily life.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions link together and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. Online CBT often includes brief behavioral tasks or thought records that clients complete between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then try methods together and adjust as needed in a collaborative way.

Online therapy offers flexible options like video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people work face to face from wherever they are, phone calls can be easier on low bandwidth days, chat or text can be used for quick check-ins, and shorter messaging can support progress between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to try therapeutic experiments in the moment.

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Questions people ask

What problems does Cynthia help with?

Cynthia addresses stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, intimacy-related issues, parenting stress, anger, bipolar disorder, depression, and related concerns.

What is her therapeutic style?

She works in a client-centered way, listens closely, and mixes practical exercises with guided discussion. Sessions often include short experiments to try between meetings.

How much experience does she have?

She has 20 years of experience in counseling and clinical roles, including supervising substance use residential services and leading adolescent programs.

What credentials and location are on file?

She holds the LPC credential and is licensed as an LPC in Arizona and Texas, and she practices from Texas.

What languages are supported and can international clients connect?

Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts clients from other countries.

Which session formats are offered?

Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different routines and needs.

How are costs handled?

Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working together?

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