Michelle Boyles, LCSW

Michelle Boyles is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Florida with 25 years of experience in mental health and substance use care. She has worked since 2001 at the master's level and has held the FL LCSW since 2012. Her work focuses on stress, anxiety, mood disorders, addiction, grief, relationship concerns, and coping with life changes.

She trained in psychology at Penn State and earned a Master of Social Work from Georgia State University. Her background includes inpatient crisis stabilization, residential programs, and outpatient therapy. That range gives her familiarity with short-term crisis work and longer-term therapy needs.

Michelle has provided care to people across the lifespan, including children, teens, adults, and older adults. She has experience with abuse and trauma, family conflict, personality issues, and co-occurring substance use and mental health problems. She also helps with career strain, self-esteem, and issues related to identity and relationships.

In sessions she emphasizes clear skills and practical strategies. She focuses on helping people understand what drives their behavior and on teaching tools to steady mood, manage cravings, and reduce intense emotion. She uses therapy methods that include client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior ideas, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing.

People who want straightforward, skill-based support often connect with her approach. She encourages education about problems, practice of coping tools, and collaborative planning so clients can manage daily stress and significant life changes.

How Michelle blends approach and online care