About Michele
Michele Lescard is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting challenges, relationship strain, trauma, and addiction. She draws on 15 years of experience to guide practical steps for day-to-day coping and longer-term change. Michele writes in a warm, direct way and focuses on clear goals that fit each person's life.
Her sessions are collaborative and straightforward. Michele listens first, then helps people identify what matters most and what small moves could help.
How Michele works
She uses simple tools to manage sleep problems, anger, mood shifts, and stressful life changes so daily life feels easier. Michele mixes client-centered care with techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and emotionally focused therapy. She also uses mindfulness and motivational interviewing to support motivation and self-reflection.
These methods are explained in plain language and tailored to each person's situation. She has worked with adults dealing with adoption and foster care issues, attachment concerns, autism and Asperger syndrome, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and aging-related topics. Michele also supports people coping with body image, codependency, communication problems, divorce and separation, domestic violence, and feelings of emptiness.
Michele completed a Master of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2002. She lives in Florida and uses a gentle, strengths-based approach to help people find practical strategies and rebuild a sense of control and hope.
Michele lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Michele works with
The areas below are the ones Michele selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- 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
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
How Michele's Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's own goals and strengths. Michele listens carefully and helps people shape goals that feel useful and realistic. This approach is helpful for improving self esteem, navigating life changes, and building confidence.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and actions affect mood. Michele teaches practical exercises to shift unhelpful thinking and change behaviors that keep problems going. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and managing mood swings.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people name and understand strong emotions and how they affect relationships. In online sessions Michele helps identify patterns in emotional reactions and practices new ways to respond that reduce conflict and increase connection.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michele will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts tools and pacing as progress is made so therapy stays practical and focused.
Online therapy offers flexibility. Video calls let people work face-to-face when that feels helpful. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins, note-taking, or ongoing support between appointments. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or travel.
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