Dr. Michele Scofield, LCSW

Dr. Michele Scofield is a licensed clinical social worker who draws on client-centered methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and relationship strain. She practices from a practical stance and focuses on clear steps people can use between sessions. Michele uses straightforward talk, active listening, and collaborative goal-setting in sessions.

Raised and educated in Hawaii, she brings local cultural awareness to her work. She has three years of experience as an LCSW and has worked with issues that include family problems, parenting strain, and caregiver stress. Her background also covers trauma and abuse, mood concerns such as bipolar disorder, and challenges related to identity and LGBT matters.

Michele integrates cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. She also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are part of her approach when people want to build awareness or strengthen motivation for change.

In sessions she tends to set clear, achievable steps and checks in about how those steps worked in daily life. She helps people talk through communication problems, codependency, abandonment concerns, and the emotional fallout of divorce or separation. Michele also supports those dealing with substance use and compassion fatigue.

People who reach out can expect a practical, collaborative style. To begin, users complete the site's matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How Michele’s approaches translate to online work

Client-centered therapy focuses on what matters to the person and follows their pace. In practice this means the therapist listens carefully, reflects what she hears, and helps set goals that feel doable. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and uses practical exercises to try different responses to stress and anxiety.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michele will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and daily life. That might mean starting with client-centered conversations, adding CBT tools for thought patterns, or bringing in DBT skills for strong emotions and coping. The plan is adjusted together as needs change.

Session formats are not specified in the provided biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also lets people practice new skills in their everyday routines and bring real-life examples to sessions for immediate feedback.