Michele Lando, LCSW

California · 13 years in practice

Michele Lando is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in California 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 (LCSW) in California with 13 years of professional experience. Michele offers trauma-informed, integrative care that centers on practical skills and gentle exploration. They identify as non-binary and are LGBTQIA affirming.

Michele is also neurodivergent and describes themselves as twice-exceptional, which shapes a respectful, flexible approach. Michele blends talk-based work with body-aware techniques. Sessions often include mindfulness, cognitive-behavioral strategies, and emotionally-focused methods to help people manage grief, compassion fatigue, and self-esteem concerns.

Background and approach

Michele also uses attachment-based ideas to address relationship patterns and to build stronger emotional connections. Their practice pays attention to neurodivergent and autistic experiences, and they support people with ADHD and those navigating adoption, foster care, or abandonment issues. Michele also helps clients facing chronic illness, caregiving stress, body image struggles, and identity-related concerns within the LGBT umbrella.

Michele aims to help people identify strengths and set small, achievable goals. Work can include narrative techniques to reframe difficult stories and exercises to calm the nervous system. Sessions move at a practical pace so clients can try new skills between meetings.

Therapy is offered from California and conducted in English. Michele provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as options for connecting. The approach is collaborative and adapts to each person's needs and rhythm.

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

Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care

Michele uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that match their values. ACT is useful when someone wants clearer direction and manageable steps forward.

Attachment-Based Therapy is used to look at how early relationship patterns influence current connections. This approach helps people understand relational triggers and practice building more supported interactions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michele collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and life situation. That choice may shift over time as new needs appear, and Michele aims to guide the process together.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit daily life. Video is useful for deeper, face-to-face conversations. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, homework support, or when someone prefers typed communication. These options give flexibility so people can keep therapy consistent alongside work, caregiving, or medical appointments.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does Michele address?

Michele helps people with grief, self-esteem, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and LGBT-related issues. They also work with concerns such as abandonment, adoption and foster care, chronic illness, caregiving stress, and body image.

What is Michele's therapeutic style like?

The approach is trauma-informed and integrative, combining mindfulness, cognitive-behavioral tools, attachment-focused work, and emotionally-focused methods. Sessions mix practical skill-building with attention to emotions and bodily experience.

How much clinical experience does Michele have?

Michele has 13 years of professional therapeutic experience and works in a independent practice setting in California.

What credentials and location are on file?

Michele holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential (LCSW) in California and practices from that state.

Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

Which session formats are available?

Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.

How is cost handled for sessions?

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

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