Michelle Boyles, LCSW

Michelle Boyles is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, and relationship struggles. She uses plain language and practical tools to help people who feel stuck or overwhelmed. Michelle aims to teach coping skills, build insight, and support steady steps forward.

She earned a Master of Social Work from Georgia State University and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Penn State University. Michelle has held her Florida LCSW since 2012 and has been a master’s-level therapist since 2001. Her background includes inpatient crisis stabilization, residential care, and outpatient therapy work across a wide range of ages and needs.

Michelle’s core experience centers on trauma and abuse, mood and personality disorders, and drug and alcohol addiction. She also helps with family conflict, grief, anger, self-esteem, career shifts, and major life changes. Her approach blends skill teaching with supportive listening so clients can try new ways of coping.

In sessions she draws from client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral tools, dialectical behavior strategies, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. That mix lets her tailor practical steps to each person’s goals and situation. She focuses on clear strategies that can be used between sessions.

People working with Michelle can expect straightforward conversation, goal-focused plans, and skills they can practice daily. She works in English and provides care from Florida. If you think this approach might fit, check the scheduler and the Start Therapy process to begin.

How therapeutic approaches fit into online work

Client-centered work focuses on listening and building a safe, respectful relationship. It helps people feel heard and decide what matters most to work on. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and coping with addiction. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, adds skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal interactions. Those skills can help with intense emotions and impulsive behavior.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, struggles, and preferences. Together they tailor methods and try practical steps to see what helps most over time.

Confirm the specific online session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel time and letting sessions happen from different locations. It also lets therapists use worksheets, skill coaching, and brief check-ins that fit into a workday or caregiving schedule. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT and DBT skills to short exercises between sessions so progress continues outside the meeting.