Dr. Michaela Hammer, LCSW

Licensed in Florida · 35 years in practice

Dr. Michaela Hammer uses a client-centered approach to help people through life transitions and difficult losses.

License and registration

LCSW, Florida: SW15412 · expires March 2027
LCSW, New Mexico: C-11638 · expires July 2026
NPI: 1750472361 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 35
Languages: English

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About Michaela

Dr. Michaela Hammer uses a client-centered approach to help people through life transitions and difficult losses. She draws on 35 years of practice to listen, clarify what matters, and help clients find practical next steps.

Her style is straightforward and caring, aimed at making change feel possible rather than overwhelming. She works with relationship struggles, grief, depression, anxiety, stress, and challenges tied to parenting and intimacy. She also supports people facing mood disorders, bipolar concerns, and the everyday strain of career or life-purpose questions.

Background and approach

Aging and geriatric issues, caregiver stress, and memory concerns are included in her focus. Dr. Hammer offers cognitive behavioral techniques to help change unhelpful thinking and behaviors.

She uses solution-focused and motivational strategies to set goals and build small, doable steps forward. For trauma and abuse, she applies trauma-focused approaches to help people process painful events at a manageable pace. Her background includes creating memory clinics and providing assessments of cognitive functioning and mood.

Those assessments are part of how she helps people understand memory loss and find resources. She has provided services in clinics, homes, schools, retirement communities, nursing homes, and hospitals. She provides counseling in Florida and brings decades of experience working with people from diverse racial, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds.

Sessions aim to combine practical problem solving with respect for each person’s unique life story.

Focus areas and approaches

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

Relationship issues
Grief
Depression
Coping with life changes
ADHD
Stress, Anxiety
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Intimacy-related issues
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Aging and geriatric issues
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Caregiver issues and stress
Communication problems
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Divorce and separation
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Post-traumatic stress
Prejudice and discrimination
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Sexual dysfunction
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Visually impaired
Women's issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Michaela names

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Online support

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Dr. Hammer combines client-centered work with cognitive behavioral and solution-focused methods in online sessions. Client-Centered Therapy centers on listening closely and reflecting back what matters to the person, which helps build trust and identify immediate concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and offers concrete techniques to shift those patterns, useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes setting small, practical goals and tracking progress, which can make change feel more manageable.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as needed based on progress and feedback.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let people share updates or handle brief concerns between sessions and can fit into busy schedules. These options make it easier to arrange regular work on relationships, mood, grief, or memory concerns without a commute.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does Dr. Hammer work with?

She helps people with relationship issues, grief, depression, anxiety, stress, parenting and intimacy-related problems, and mood concerns including bipolar disorder.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her approach is client-centered and practical, using clear listening, goal setting, and tools from cognitive behavioral and solution-focused methods.

How many years of experience does she have?

Dr. Hammer has 35 years of clinical experience working in a variety of settings and with diverse populations.

Where is she based and what are her credentials?

She practices in Florida and holds LCSW credentials, including FL LCSW and NM LCSW as listed.

Which languages are offered for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English only.

Can people outside the U.S. work with her?

International clients are not currently accepted; she provides services to clients within the listed region.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How does cost and scheduling work?

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