Michele Lando, LCSW

California · 13 years in practice

Michele Lando is a licensed clinical social worker with 13 years of professional experience.

License and registration

LCSW, California: 82337 · expires February 2026
NPI: 1205389095 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 13
Languages: English

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About Michele

Michele Lando is a licensed clinical social worker with 13 years of professional experience. Michele practices in California and offers a calm, direct approach to helping people manage grief, self-esteem concerns, ADHD-related challenges, and compassion fatigue. Michele describes their work as trauma-informed and integrative.

Sessions are practical and focused on what the person needs right now. Michele draws on emotional and attachment-based ideas to help people understand how early relationships shape current reactions.

Background and approach

Their approach includes Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas alongside acceptance and commitment strategies and cognitive-behavioral tools. Michele also uses client-centered methods so the pace and goals come from the person in the room. Hands-on techniques such as somatic work and brain-spotting are used when helpful to address body-based responses to trauma and stress.

Michele works with people across a wide range of concerns including LGBT issues, parenting stress, adoption and foster care questions, aging and caregiver stress, chronic illness and disability, and body image. They also support people dealing with attachment wounds, abandonment, and codependency. Sessions focus on identifying strengths and building practical skills.

Michele integrates narrative and systems ideas to help people change patterns and form more supported ways of relating. The goal is steady growth and greater resilience in daily life.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Michele lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

LGBT
Grief
Self esteem
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Parenting issues
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Aging and geriatric issues
Attachment issues
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Avoidant personality
BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
Blended family issues
Body image
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Codependency
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Dissociation
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Fertility issues
First responder issues
Gender dysphoria
Guilt and shame
Impulsivity
Intellectual disability
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Prejudice and discrimination
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-love
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Somatization
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Michele names

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Online support

How emotion-focused and acceptance-based work translates online

Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas help people notice and name core emotions and the patterns those feelings create in relationships. In practice this means paying attention to emotional moments in sessions to find new ways of responding and relating.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy supports people in clarifying values and taking small, concrete steps toward those values even when difficult feelings are present. It is useful for anxiety, low motivation, and living with chronic health or caregiving demands.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds affect current expectations and reactions. This approach helps people recognize patterns that repeat and try new behaviors that build more supported ways of relating.

Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Michele will work with each person to consider goals, preferences, and how they respond to different methods. Together they decide which strategies to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for interactive sessions that benefit from face-to-face contact. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and text are useful for quick check-ins, ongoing support, or when someone prefers writing over speaking. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of problems does Michele help with?

Michele helps people facing grief, low self-esteem, compassion fatigue, ADHD-related challenges, and LGBT concerns. Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care, aging and caregiver stress, chronic illness, body image, and attachment issues.

What is Michele's therapeutic style like?

Sessions are trauma-informed and integrative, blending emotionally-focused, acceptance-based, and cognitive-behavioral ideas. The work is practical and paced to the person's needs.

How much clinical experience does Michele have?

Michele has 13 years of professional therapeutic experience working in California settings. That background informs a flexible approach to common and complex concerns.

What are Michele's credentials and where are they based?

Michele holds an LCSW credential and is licensed in California. Practice and services are offered from within California.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the United States work with Michele?

Michele does not take international clients at this time; services are provided to clients located in California.

What session formats are available for online work?

Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How are fees and scheduling handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To get started, select Start Therapy, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on availability.

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