About Michelle
Michelle Lesagonicz is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Alaska with 11 years of experience helping adults manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and trauma. She focuses on each person's needs and works alongside them to find practical steps toward clearer thinking and better daily functioning.
Her tone is calm and direct, geared toward people who want straightforward tools and steady support. She uses a client-centered approach that keeps the person's priorities front and center.
How Michelle works
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Mindfulness practices and meditation are used to reduce reactivity and build emotional awareness. Michelle also draws on motivational interviewing and solution-focused work when people want to make specific life changes.
These approaches help break big problems into manageable steps and strengthen motivation for change. She offers ways to cope with chronic pain, illness, and disability alongside emotional concerns. Practical skills are a priority in sessions.
That can mean learning strategies for better sleep, tools to reduce panic and phobic responses, or communication techniques for handling family and workplace stress. Michelle supports people working through grief, compassion fatigue, bipolar mood challenges, and substance concerns with a steady, problem-solving style. Sessions aim to increase self-awareness and decision-making so people can reclaim balance and purpose.
Michelle welcomes questions about how therapy might fit into someone’s life and what a first session would look like.
Michelle lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Michelle works with
The areas below are the ones Michelle selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Alaska |
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Online support options
Approach-based online therapy that fits your life
Michelle uses Client-Centered Therapy to focus on each person’s priorities and goals; sessions start by listening and letting the person set the pace and topics. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is offered to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and replace them with actions that reduce anxiety, depression, and panic symptoms. Mindfulness Therapy is included to teach simple awareness and breathing practices that help decrease reactivity and improve sleep.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Michelle will work with the person to try methods that match their goals and preferences, adjusting techniques as progress and needs change. The plan usually mixes practical skills, short-term goals, and reflective work so people gain tools they can use between sessions.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video is useful for in-depth conversation and real-time skill practice. Phone sessions can be better when bandwidth is low or for people who prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text sessions provide shorter check-ins, quick problem-solving, or ongoing encouragement between longer appointments.
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