About Michelle
Michelle Serda is a Florida Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 15 years of experience. She introduces herself with warmth and plainly invites people to consider whether she might be a good fit for their needs. Michelle writes in a way that recognizes starting therapy can feel hard, and she encourages readers to take their time choosing the right therapist.
Michelle's work has covered many settings, giving her a wide base of practical experience.
Background and approach
She has supported people through anxiety and depression and helped with relationship and career transitions. Her background includes time in community work and independent practice in Florida. In sessions she keeps the focus on what each person brings to the room.
She uses an eclectic, client-centered approach and adapts methods to fit someone’s history, beliefs, and goals. Common techniques she draws on include solution-focused strategies and cognitive-behavioral ideas to help people notice patterns and try different responses. Michelle has particular experience supporting women through reproductive transitions, including pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period.
She also offers help around parenting strains, blended family issues, communication problems, and coping with life changes. Therapy with her aims to produce practical tools for daily life. She works with people on stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem, intimacy and relationship challenges, and substance-related concerns.
Michelle emphasizes teamwork in setting goals and tracking progress.
Approaches that guide online care
Michelle draws on solution-focused methods that concentrate on small, practical steps you can try right away. These approaches help with setting clear goals and tracking progress for issues like anxiety, relationship strain, or transitions.She also uses cognitive-behavioral ideas to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and test different ways of responding. That work can reduce anxiety, improve mood, and change patterns that get in the way of daily functioning.
Finding the best mix of approaches is a collaborative process. Michelle will work with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. The therapist and client make decisions together about what to focus on and how to measure progress.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let you use face-to-face conversation when identifying emotions matters. Phone sessions can be easier if bandwidth is limited or when you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, quick coping reminders, or when fitting sessions into a busy day. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while managing work, family, and other obligations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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