Michele Lescard, LCSW

Michele Lescard, LCSW, helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting questions, and relationship struggles. She works with clients coping with mood disorders, addictions, sleep problems, anger, career shifts, and life changes. Michele also supports people dealing with family conflict, self-esteem issues, and complicated losses. Michele brings 15 years of clinical experience to her practice. She keeps sessions straightforward and goal-focused while staying warm and nonjudgmental. She encourages clients to build practical coping skills and a personal toolbox to handle daily challenges. Her style centers on the person in front of her. Michele uses client-centered conversations to understand what matters most to each person. She pairs that listening with structured techniques to change unhelpful thinking and patterns. Michele uses approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside mindfulness and motivational interviewing. These methods are used to set clear goals and practice new habits between sessions. She earned a Master of Social Work from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and holds a Florida Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential. Michele lives in Florida and draws on a practical, compassionate approach to help people find inner strength and steady progress.

How Michele’s Approaches Work Online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person’s perspective. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps clients clarify their own goals so they can choose the next steps.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. Clients learn small, practical skills to shift unhelpful thinking and try different actions to see what helps with anxiety, depression, or sleep issues.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people name and organize strong feelings and then try new ways of responding in relationships. This can be useful for people working through attachment, grief, or communication problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Michele will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then suggest which methods to try first. Decisions are made collaboratively and adjusted as progress is tracked.

Confirm the available session formats before booking, since the biography does not list them. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also lets people use mindfulness and CBT exercises between meetings, so skills can be practiced in everyday life.