Michelle Lesesne-De Santis, LCSW

Licensed in Florida · 25 years in practice

Michelle Lesesne-De Santis uses a practical, person-focused approach to help people find clearer direction and greater confidence.

License and registration

LCSW, Florida: SW7550 · expires March 2027
NPI: 1922217603 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 25
Languages: English

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About Michelle

Michelle Lesesne-De Santis uses a practical, person-focused approach to help people find clearer direction and greater confidence. She is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - working in Florida with 25 years of professional experience. Michelle aims to make the first step feel doable and supported.

Her work focuses on self-esteem, career challenges, and coping with life changes. She also helps with executive and professional coaching and compassion fatigue.

Background and approach

Michelle listens closely and adapts conversations to each person's needs. In sessions she draws on cognitive behavioral ideas and mindfulness to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and build different habits. Narrative techniques are used to reframe difficult stories about identity and purpose.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy supports work on values and committed action when change feels overwhelming. Michelle keeps language plain and practical. She and the client set goals together and shape short-term steps that fit daily life.

Sessions may include reflective conversation, practical exercises, and homework the person can try between meetings. People come for help with body image, life purpose, midlife questions, isolation, and communication problems. Michelle also supports those affected by cancer, traumatic brain injury, and disaster-related stress.

She works in English and does not see international clients.

Focus areas and approaches

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

Self esteem
Career difficulties
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
Body image
Cancer
Communication problems
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Forgiveness
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Self-love
Traumatic brain injury
Women's issues

Approaches Michelle names

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Online support

Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice what matters most and take small steps toward those values even when feelings are difficult. It can help with low self-esteem, life changes, and decisions about work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and uses targeted exercises to change patterns that keep someone stuck. It is useful for building confidence and managing stressful thinking. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on respectful, nonjudgmental listening so the person can find their own solutions and feel heard.

Finding the best approach is a shared process. Michelle will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they’ll try methods that fit the person's life and adjust as needed based on what works and what feels right.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video lets you keep face-to-face rhythm, phone can be a shorter check-in without video, live chat is useful for quick exchanges, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options help people fit sessions around work, caregiving, and travel while keeping therapy consistent and practical.

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Questions people ask

What issues does Michelle commonly address?

She works with self esteem, career concerns, coping with life changes, coaching needs, and compassion fatigue, along with topics like body image, isolation, life purpose, and women's issues.

What is Michelle's therapy style like?

Her approach is collaborative and practical, using clear conversation, exercises, and steps to try between sessions rather than abstract theory alone.

How long has she been practicing?

Michelle has 25 years of professional experience providing psychotherapy and coaching in a range of settings.

Where is Michelle licensed and located?

She holds a Florida LCSW license and provides services while based in Florida.

Are sessions offered in other languages or to international clients?

Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.

Which session formats are available?

Michelle offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.

How are fees and subscriptions handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with Michelle?

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