Thoughtful
Michele Lescard, LCSW
Experienced mental health professional
Provides online counseling through BetterHelp
At a glance
Michele is an experienced, licensed Mental Health Professional who specializes in affordable online therapy offered through our partner, BetterHelp.
- 5.0 stars
- Clients are very satisfied with Michele. View 52 reviews
- Speaks English
- Offers Telehealth visits
- Licensed in Florida
Recent reviews
Michele has been a benefit since my very first session with her. I so much appreciate that she attempts to make each hour with her productive and fruitful. She gives me opportunities for personal development outside the session so that I have an opportunity to grow personally between my visits with her. She listens well and responds with deep compassion.
More about Michele
- 15 years' experience
- Female
- LCSW
Hello,
Welcome to Better Help counseling! I know you might feel nervous, but I want to Congratulate You for taking the first step towards your healing journey. Mental Health is a vital part of who we are and how we function in this unpredictable adventure we call life.
I have over 10 years experience working with clients who are seeking help with depression, anxiety, grief/loss, family conflict, relationship/marital issues, self worth, mood disorders, stress, abuse/neglect, paranoia, panic, parenting guidance, trauma and spiritual growth. I have also worked with adults who have special needs, including autism and intellectual disability. I believe in order to live a healthy life, we need to focus on all three elements: our physical, mental and spiritual health. Just like a rope needs all three strands to be strong, we need all three of these elements healthy to weather anything.
I would describe my approach as empathetic, goal oriented, and client centered. I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Emotional Focused Therapy, Person Centered Therapy, Mindfulness and Motivational Interviewing to help my clients set goals and objectives as they work through their struggles. I provide a warm and non-judgmental environment so we can work together to reach your goals.
I enjoy working with people helping them find their inner strength as they seek solutions and build their tool box full of coping strategies to manage life. We all need a tool box of strategies to help us navigate the struggles life brings. I believe wholeheartedly that everyone has their own strengths and gifts, we only need to open our minds and take the time to discover them. Let me help you on this journey to self discovery and self empowerment so you can reach a state of healing and peace.
A little about me. I graduated in 2002 with my Masters in Social Work from University of Chapel Hill in North Carolina, "Go Tar Heels"!! I really loved living there with the beautiful seasons. I grew up in Miami, FL and currently live in a small town called Lake Wales, FL. Although, I miss the seasons, I am a Floridian at heart with the beaches, palm trees, southern live oaks and the luxury to access both gorgeous sunrises and sunsets!!
Everyone deserves to have someone they can share their thoughts and feelings, so let me be that person for you. I look forward to working with you on your healing journey.
Sincerely,
Michele Lescard, LCSW
Specialties
Treatment Approaches
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Licenses
Michele Lescard's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1114574738.
- LCSW · Florida · SW16318 · Expires March 2025
About online counseling
- Affordable.
- Pay a low flat fee.
- Convenient.
- Do it at your own time and at your own pace. Communicate whenever you feel it's needed.
- Available now.
- There is no waiting list and no calls to make. Simply fill out a short questionnaire and send your first message.
Online counseling allows you to receive care from a mental health practitioner via phone, video chat, or instant messaging. It is convenient for those who may have trouble getting to or would prefer not to have in-person therapy appointments. Starting at $65 per week, online counseling is generally more affordable than in-person counseling. A study by researchers at University of California, Berkeley found that online counseling can be just as effective as face-to-face therapy while being more convenient, affordable, and accessible.
Reviews for Michele Lescard
All reviews have been submitted by clients after seeing the provider.
Overall rating:
Thoughtful
Michele has been a benefit since my very first session with her. I so much appreciate that she attempts to make each hour with her productive and fruitful. She gives me opportunities for personal development outside the session so that I have an opportunity to grow personally between my visits with her. She listens well and responds with deep compassion.
Michele is great! She listens and works with where your at and helps you to work through issues and problem solving ideas to help you move forward!
Michele is amazing and probably saved my marriage. I cannot thank her enough.
Michele is the best
Great to talk with and listens so well
I’m so grateful for the care and professionalism I get from Michele
This is my first time doing any kind of therapy, so I was hesitant because I didnt think It would help me. I was definitely wrong. Michele has helped me so much already just after a few sessions. It’s very hard for me to share some things going on in my life, but she made It very easy. This is a hard season of life for me, but she’s already helped me so so much. I can’t say enough great things about her.
Listens well and has good responses to issues.
It has been an absolute pleasure to have Michele as my therapist. She has made such a difference to me over my time with her, and there is no way to fully express my gratitude. She always has such a positive attitude, makes me feel seen and heard by actively listening and makes helpful suggestions or prompts me when needed. With her help and guidance I’ve been able to learn and apply various helpful initiatives and expand on them to build my own tool kit to suit situations I face now and for those i may encounter in the future. Not only this, but due to being located in Australia I had struggled to find a suitable therapist, before Michele, with times that suited me, and an attitude that was always happy to help facilitate a time that better worked and catered to me. Approaching the end of my therapy, I can confidently say that every one of my initial goals has been met and any and all of my expectations have been exceeded. I seriously can’t recommend Michele enough!
Michele is an amazing therapist! She has helped me in so many ways! I am truly thankful for her!
Michele has been extremely helpful with treating my moderate to severe anxiety. After a session I feel so at ease and like I have a game plan to address my symptoms. Can't say enough good things!
Michele has been wonderful. She brings great and insightful stories ideas and suggestions.
Talking to Michele has been a great outlet for my own stress and has helped me to think more carefully about whether I am handling things in ways that are healthy for myself or others. Michele is thoughtful and encouraging. Working with her has been hugely beneficial to my perspective and relationships.
I felt very comfortable talking with Michele very quickly in our first session. I really respected that she took time to really get to know me by asking questions and listening. She didn't go straight to telling me what I need to do like some counselors I've talked to in the past. She gives very great advise and explains my next steps very well to me. I am a visual learner and she helps create pictures so that i can understand better of what she is telling me.
Michele is great at listening and understanding my concerns. Suggests great points to inculcate in my life
Excellent mental health expert, very understanding
Listens, sees both sides of couples issues and responds fairly.
Very understanding
Michele understands and validates me at a emotional and spiritual level. It's so nice to have someone to talk about everything to.
I could not have been more pleased with BetterHelp and with the therapist I was matched with. She is a very good listener, asks clarifying questions when needed, easy to communicate with, made it easy to schedule appointments, and extremely helpful. I feel this was easily as helpful as an in-person session, or maybe even better. She gave me resources and tools to use between sessions, and the sessions were exactly what I needed them to be. I would highly recommend both this service and specifically my therapist. I could not have been happier
Michele’s judgement free curiosity of my complicated background and willingness to dig deep was comforting and reassuring. She can also adapt well to your preferred counseling session style.
Michele has been the most attentive, compassionate and real counselor I’ve ever had, by far. I appreciate her ability to stay present with me and my situation — even when I’m going a million places — and she remains my anchor point. She so openly and readily accepts what I have to say, and that alone is very freeing for me, to just say whatever’s on my mind. She has a wide array of effective and practical life tools and resources to offer that feel perfectly tailored to my particular brand of self. :-) I’m basically so incredibly thankful that our paths have crossed at this time when I needed someone to hear and see me when I couldn’t. Thank yooooou so so so much
Michele is absolutely amazing as a therapist. She has helped me so much in my journey. I started out last year completely insecure, having panic attacks daily and crying every single day. I just had so much unprocessed trauma and an inability to get in touch of my emotions. Michele has helped me love myself and be full of confidence. She helped me separate and draw boundaries from my enmeshed family and believe in myself. I definitely recommend her 1000%.
Michele really changed my perspective of therapy in the best way possible. After tirelessly searching for one I was on the verge of just giving up, until i was perfectly matched with her. She is one of the most compassionate, understanding and open minded people I have ever met. She gently guided me on the healthiest path suited for my lifestyle and personality. seriously cannot say enough great things about her.
Michele is great. She listens without judgement and offers helpful tips to deal with what is going on.
She’s great!!
Thanks for her help
I am grateful for Michele and all her help. She has helped me understand my complicated relationship with my mother, insecurity about myself and my friendships, eating, sleeping issues and numerous other problems I never would have realised I had. I never realised how negatively I saw myself and without her help I think I would have spent the rest of my life trying to find self-worth through others. I never thought I could be in such a good place mentally and thanks to Michele I am. I will never forget how much she has helped me, thank you so much Michele!!!
Love her!! She really listens and take it’s at my speed. She not pushy and is always there for me no matter the time
Michele has been my most positive therapist experience by far. I found her to be very warm and open to the struggles I was having, and I never felt a sense of judgment from her. I came her to very overwhelmed and struggling with anxiety and doubt. She talked me through it and provided exercises I could practice whenever I felt myself overwhelmed. She also had a strong emphasis on being present and being true to yourself, which worked very well for me. I would recommend her to anyone who is looking for a positive therapy experience.
Michele has helped me understand a lot about myself. She has helped me think more positively about myself and given me a variety of things to do when I don't feel good about myself.
Michelle is a great listener. She understands what I am going through and gives me excellent advice and tools on how to manage my triggers. My mood and feelings have significantly improved since beginning my journey out of depression with Michelle. Although I have a lot of work still to do on myself, I have already noticed some improvements. I am thankful to have been exposed to multiple techniques that will assist me in continuing to work on myself. I have hope now in this continuous, arduous battle with depression and it's associated triggers, thanks to Michelle.
Michele clearly gets my concerns and I feel supported with her help.
Michele is supportive and very experienced at what she does. She adds value to my life and is the best therapist I’ve ever had. I could not ask for a better professional.
super easy to talk to, I felt she is really listening and I feel excited to start my therapy journey with her
Michele has been fantastic! She has been an immense help to me as I navigated the loss of my dad then navigating the infidelity of my husband. She gave me prompt, timely guidance as well as was a listening ear in those moments when I needed to ramble and get my feelings out in the open. She is a fantastic therapist who I would recommend to anyone.
You are the BEST!
Michele is a wonderful person and great therapist. She understands where I’m coming from -my battles - and helps me to fight them in various ways like encouraging me in therapy sessions and giving me tools like breathing and relaxation techniques found in the worksheets she sends me. Michele responds to my texts promptly and thoughtfully. Michele has a nurturing, kind and gentle spirit.
I would like to appreciate Michele for journey with me the impossible. I came in with skepticism on how someone can help me with such dead end visual cycle of anxiety attack, burn out, lose interest in life , sleeping disorder, shoulder pain and constant breathless, un-functionable. I suffered serious burn out and unable to set a boundary between work challenges and personal life. I was a high achiever , I feel it hard to deal with many instances of set up to fail tragedy. As a strong individual , I always tell myself I can face and handle all these adversity but my body react otherwise. To my surprise , Michele helped me to achieve my therapy goal in 3 session. Not only I am hopeful , positive about life , I learnt how to love myself and exercise the authority over my mind and negativity and I am able to sleep well constantly. Kudo to the amazing Therapy who I will be eternity grateful for. She is a God sent angel !
Michele has been great at helping me reach my goals so far, I'm feeling more confident in trusting myself and choices and it's certainly been down to her supportive attitude and questions. Highly recommend Michele
Michele is very supportive and she truly seeks to understand anything I talk to her about. The conversations are very comfortable and she has truly given me support and the mental tools I needed to help navigate through difficult times. She is very insightful, understanding, and always friendly.
After only three sessions with Michele, I feel hopeful. I’m so very grateful for her patience, support and compassion. Knowing that she will be there with me on my journey to healing and finding true happiness gives me courage and confidence. Thank you, Michele!
Really supportive and non-judgemental, pays attention to what you have to say, and offers a lot of ideas on how to improve things.
Michele is amazing! She really listens and understands me. It doesn’t matter the time of day, she always get back to me fast… if it wasn’t for her who knows where I would be! Thank you
Michelle is very sweet and genuine counselor. She was helped me a lot with this journey I’ve been dealing with depression and anxiety . Every session I attended to I always left out feeling great about myself and confident. She always pushes me to do good things. I strongly recommend Michelle for counseling ☺️
Michele is fantastic! She is great with giving me spiritual and emotional support.
Michele has helped me more than I can explain. She’s been an ear and sounding board during a difficult situation. I was nervous about therapy, but Michele has made it so easy and natural.
Michelle is so amazing and just a very lovely person
One call, my first call, was so very helpful! I am very thankful that I didn’t give up on finding a good, biblical based counselor.
Love her to pieces. She is a spwctacular listener and ask questions for you to answer so you can make your own path. I have somw complexity in my mental health and she helped me find my own path.
I really appreciate Michelle's understanding of my situation and offers great tools and techniques to help with solutions.
Frequently asked questions
Does Michele Lescard offer telehealth visits?
Yes. Michele Lescard works with clients by exchanging messages, chatting live, speaking over the phone, or video conferencing based on what works for the client at that particular time.
What language(s) does Michele Lescard speak?
Michele Lescard speaks English.
How many years of experience does Michele Lescard have?
Michele Lescard has 15 years of experience.
Where is Michele Lescard licensed to practice?
Michele Lescard is licensed to practice in Florida.
Does Michele Lescard accept clients outside of the United States?
Yes, Michele Lescard accepts clients outside of the United States.
Is online therapy as effective as in-person therapy?
Numerous studies support the effectiveness of online platforms in facilitating life changes. For instance, research published by JMIR Publications, conducted by teams from the University of Berkeley, UCSF, and SF General Hospital, found that "users of BetterHelp experienced significantly reduced depression symptom severity after engaging with the platform."
What treatment approaches does Michele Lescard offer?
Michele Lescard offers clients Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy.
How can I communicate with Michele Lescard?
Michele Lescard can be engaged in any one of four ways: (1) Exchanging messages, (2) chatting live, (3) speaking over the phone, or (4) video conferencing. You can use different ways at different times as you wish, based on your needs, availability, and convenience.
How do I get started with Michele Lescard?
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