Dr. Michele Scofield
Support for parents and family stress
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed in
- Hawaii
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Michele
Dr. Michele Scofield is a licensed clinical social worker who uses client-centered care with practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. She focuses on realistic steps that parents and families can take to reduce stress and improve daily life.
Michele speaks plainly and aims to make therapy feel manageable for someone juggling family responsibilities. Born and educated in Hawai`i, Michele holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Counseling and practices as an LCSW.
Background and approach
Her background includes work in addiction, education, and mental health. That experience informs how she talks about relationships, identity, and family patterns. In sessions she blends hands-on skills and listening.
That can mean learning simple behavior changes, practicing emotion regulation strategies, or looking at stories people tell about themselves. The approach is practical and paced to what each person can handle. Michele addresses a wide range of concerns that commonly affect parents and caregivers.
These include stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, parenting struggles, and family problems. She also works with issues such as gender dysphoria, codependency, and caregiver stress when they come up in therapy. She offers sessions in English and works with people in Hawaii.
Therapy is delivered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules a session according to the therapist's availability.
Approaches and how they work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and valuing a person's perspective. The therapist offers acceptance and reflection so people can find their own solutions, which helps with feelings of overwhelm and parenting stress.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior, useful for anxiety, depression, and managing daily routines.
Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improved communication. Those skills often help when strong emotions or conflicts make family life harder.
Choosing the right approach is part of working together. The therapist will talk about goals, try techniques, and adjust based on what helps most. That collaborative process makes it easier to pick methods that fit a person's needs and schedule.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options let people fit sessions around childcare and work, practice skills between meetings, and stay connected from different locations. Licensed professionals can use these formats to bring practical tools into everyday life on a schedule that works.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Hawaii
- Languages
- English
Next step
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