- Years in practice
- 15
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Michele
Michele Lescard is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, and relationship concerns. She offers practical support for grief, trauma, sleep problems, mood disorders, and addictions. Michele focuses on clear goals and usable tools that fit daily life.
Michele keeps sessions direct and warm. She listens first and helps clients set small, concrete steps. Conversations focus on what is happening now, what the client wants to change, and how to try different approaches between sessions.
Background and approach
Her work blends client-centered care with evidence-informed methods. Michele often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and develop new habits. She also uses emotionally-focused ideas to address relationship patterns and strong feelings.
Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are part of her toolbox. Those methods help people notice stress reactions and find personal reasons to try new behaviors. The goal is a short list of practical coping skills a person can use right away.
Michele draws on experiences supporting adults through adoption and foster care issues, attachment concerns, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and body image struggles. She also helps people facing life changes like divorce, career shifts, or aging-related worries. Based in Florida, Michele practices as an LCSW and provides services in English.
Her approach is collaborative and adaptable so parents and adults can find workable strategies for parenting, family stress, and everyday life demands.
What Michele works with
Everything Michele lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Michele helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Michele lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Michele’s approaches work online
Michele often blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques. Client-centered therapy means sessions start with your concerns and priorities, and the therapist follows your lead while offering empathy and support. Cognitive behavioral work looks at thoughts and behaviors to build new habits and reduce distress, which can help with anxiety, sleep, and mood struggles.She also uses emotionally-focused ideas to address strong feelings and relationship patterns. That approach helps people notice interaction cycles and try different ways of responding to reduce conflict and increase connection. The therapist and client decide together which methods to try based on needs and goals, so the approach can change as progress is made.
Online therapy makes these approaches flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper emotional work. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick reflections, homework, or ongoing encouragement between longer sessions. These options help people keep therapy consistent around parenting, work, and other life demands.
Questions people ask about Michele
What concerns does Michele address?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting issues, relationship problems, trauma, grief, sleep trouble, addictions, and mood disorders such as bipolar.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Michele uses a warm, direct, and client-centered style. She listens first, helps set clear goals, and focuses on practical steps clients can use between sessions.
What is her background and experience?
She has 15 years of clinical experience working with adults on issues like family conflict, parenting guidance, trauma, and chronic health concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
Michele holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential - LCSW - and is based in Florida.
Which languages are available and are international clients supported?
Sessions are offered in English and Michele accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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