Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Michelle works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Michelle
Michelle Serda is a Florida Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 15 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who are overwhelmed by stress, anger, anxiety, relationship strain, or life changes. Michelle aims to create a practical, down-to-earth space where clients can talk things through and find clearer ways forward.
She has worked across community settings and independent practice in Florida. Her background includes helping people with depression, grief, addictions, and career transitions.
Background and approach
She also supports people facing challenges around parenting, intimacy, and blended family issues. Michelle uses an eclectic, client-centered approach. She tailors sessions to each person's history, beliefs, and goals rather than following a single method.
This means therapy might include short-term strategies, skill building, and deeper emotional work depending on what the client needs. Her work often focuses on practical tools for managing moods, improving communication, and coping with major life shifts like separation or midlife changes.
She pays special attention to women's issues, pregnancy and childbirth concerns, and postpartum depression when these are part of a client's story. Sessions are offered in English and take place online through video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Michelle helps clients set clear goals and develop steps they can try between sessions to see progress in day-to-day life.
What Michelle works with
Everything Michelle lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Michelle's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Women's issues
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Michelle often draws on evidence-based techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach she uses is cognitive-behavioral style work, which helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors to reduce anxiety, low mood, or anger. This method is useful for problem solving and short-term symptom relief.She also uses solution-focused strategies that target specific goals and steps. These techniques help when someone needs quick, concrete ways to manage stress, improve communication, or handle life transitions. Both approaches can be adapted to online sessions and tailored to each person's situation.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Michelle will work with each client to decide which methods match their goals, preferences, and day-to-day life. Together they set clear goals and review progress, adjusting the plan as needed.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules and different needs. Video calls allow for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit shorter check-ins, and text messaging helps with brief reflections or support between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent during work changes, parenting demands, or other life shifts.
Questions people ask about Michelle
What concerns does Michelle work with?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship and parenting challenges, as well as grief, addictions, and career questions.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is client-centered and eclectic, meaning sessions are tailored to each person's needs and may include practical skills or deeper emotional work.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Michelle has 15 years of experience providing therapy in community and personal settings in Florida.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Florida Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW - and practices with a Florida base of operations.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she offer?
Therapy is provided via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions based on therapist availability.