About Zita
Zita "Michelle" Frederic is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 30 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, self-esteem struggles, depression, and big life changes. She offers calm, respectful care and aims to make conversations feel simple and useful.
Her style is warm and practical. She listens first, then helps set small goals. Sessions focus on skills you can try between meetings and on clearer communication at home and school.
How Zita works
She draws on long experience supporting people through parenting concerns and young adult transitions. Michelle has a background working in school settings and with special education needs. That experience shapes how she approaches communication problems, caregiver stress, and issues related to autism spectrum conditions and intellectual disability.
She pays attention to attachment concerns, feelings of isolation, and social anxiety. In sessions she addresses guilt, shame, and questions about life purpose and self-love. She uses a strengths-based, collaborative way of working that fits different ages and needs.
Her goal is practical progress you can notice in daily life. Therapy is offered from Louisiana and delivered online. Sessions are available by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire helps connect people with her and scheduling is done based on availability.
What Zita works with
The areas below are the ones Zita selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Louisiana |
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Online support options
How therapy approaches fit into online care
Two commonly used evidence-based techniques Michelle draws on are skills-focused problem solving and strengths-based collaboration. Skills-focused problem solving breaks down stressful situations into steps and teaches practical tools to manage anxiety or caregiver stress. Strengths-based collaboration looks for existing abilities and builds on them to improve communication, self-esteem, and daily routines.She also uses developmentally aware support for people with autism spectrum conditions or intellectual disability, concentrating on clear communication, routine, and manageable steps toward social confidence. These methods help with attachment issues, social anxiety, and feelings of isolation by focusing on small, achievable changes.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will ask about needs, goals, and preferences and discuss which techniques to try first. That shared decision-making helps shape a plan that fits each person's life and pace.
Online sessions can make attending therapy easier. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be a good choice when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging offer ongoing support between meetings and flexibility for busy schedules. These options provide practical ways to keep therapy consistent and accessible.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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