About Michele
Dr. Michele Scofield is a licensed clinical social worker who combines practical talk therapy with a focus on coping skills. She listens for what feels most urgent and helps people make small, steady changes.
Michele works from Hawaii and offers sessions in English. Michele uses straightforward approaches so clients can see what to try at home. She emphasizes understanding personal history and how it shapes current struggles.
Michele often supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, and relationship concerns.
Background and approach
Her work also addresses parenting stress, caregiver strain, compassion fatigue, and challenges tied to gender and sexual identity. People bring issues like codependency, communication problems, abandonment, and family-of-origin wounds for focused attention. She offers help with anger, low self-esteem, bipolar mood challenges, and life transitions.
Michele draws on methods such as client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior ideas, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. Those tools are used to teach coping skills, manage intense feelings, and shift unhelpful thinking. Sessions aim to build practical strategies rather than rely on jargon.
With three years of experience as an LCSW, Michele blends clinical knowledge with local insight from Hawai`i. She explains options clearly and helps people pick steps that fit their day-to-day life.
Approaches for online skill-building and emotional relief
This therapist uses client-centered work that focuses on listening and following what matters to the person. That approach helps people feel heard and guides the choice of next steps.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and try different, more useful ways of thinking. It is practical for anxiety, depression, and changing patterns that get in the way of daily life. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provides tools for managing strong emotions, handling conflicts, and improving emotional regulation through straightforward skills practice.
Finding the right approach happens together. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that fit the client's needs, and adjust plans based on what helps. This collaborative process aims to match techniques to real-life problems and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to work on those skills. Video calls let people practice conversation and observe nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or a good option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief reflections, homework prompts, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and maintain steady progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Hawaii
- Languages
- English