Michele Lescard, LCSW

Michele Lescard is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 15 years of experience supporting adults through a wide range of life challenges. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, grief and loss, relationship and family conflict, parenting concerns, trauma and abuse, addictions, sleep difficulties, anger, career transitions, bipolar disorder, and other struggles that affect daily functioning and wellbeing.

Michele has experience assisting adults with special needs, including autism and intellectual disability, and she pays attention to concerns related to attachment, adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, codependency, communication and commitment issues, and aging and geriatric challenges. Her practice also addresses issues such as body image, emptiness, and the effects of domestic violence, divorce, and separation.

Her clinical style is empathic, goal oriented, and client-centered. She draws on Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Mindfulness practices, and Motivational Interviewing to help clients set practical goals and build a toolkit of coping strategies. Michele emphasizes collaboration in therapy and creates a warm, nonjudgmental space where individuals can explore strengths, discover new perspectives, and work toward meaningful change.

She earned her Masters in Social Work in 2002 from the University of Chapel Hill in North Carolina and brings both professional training and personal insight to her clinical work. Raised in Miami, Florida, she currently lives in Lake Wales, Florida, and accepts clients from Florida and internationally.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care with Michele Lescard

Michele uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a respectful and empathetic space where the client leads the conversation and the therapist follows, helping people clarify values and goals and build self-directed solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is employed to identify and shift unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors, which can be effective for anxiety, depression, stress, and mood-related concerns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) supports clients in exploring emotional patterns within relationships, improving communication and attachment, and working through relational pain.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Michele collaborates with each client to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and personal preferences. She tailors interventions over time, combining techniques when appropriate to support progress in a way that fits the individual.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility for people with busy schedules, caregiving responsibilities, mobility limitations, or those living at a distance. Michele provides sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different communication styles and life demands, making it easier to maintain continuity of care and practice new skills between sessions.