Michele Lando , LCSW

Michele Lando is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 13 years of professional therapeutic experience, offering clinical services and consultation from a private practice in Northern California. They bring a trauma-informed, integrative approach that centers neurodiversity and LGBTQIA affirmation, and they identify as 2e - twice exceptional - and neurodivergent themselves, which informs a strengths-based and empathetic practice.

Michele's training spans mindful CBT, Brainspotting, Trauma-Informed Yoga Therapy, PSI Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Solution-Focused Narrative Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. Their work emphasizes interventions such as mindfulness, CBT, DBT, ACT, and emotionally focused attachment therapy, alongside grief and loss work, motivation, self-esteem development, and compassion fatigue management. Michele also has focused competency supporting neurodivergent, autistic, ADHD, and twice exceptional clients.

Relational, attachment, and somatic modalities are woven into Michele's practice to help regulate the nervous system and build resilience. Narrative and family systems approaches are used to identify strengths, navigate challenges, and cultivate more secure attachments and healthier relationships. Michele partners with clients to shift toward resilience and sustainable growth, tailoring methods to each person's needs and life circumstances.

Integrative Approaches and Online Care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT supports clients in clarifying personal values, developing present-moment awareness, and taking committed action toward meaningful goals while learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings. It is helpful for anxiety, depression, grief, motivation, and building psychological flexibility.

Attachment-Based Therapy explores patterns in close relationships and how early attachment experiences influence current connection and emotional responses. This approach helps people address abandonment, adoption and foster care concerns, parenting and relational difficulties, and work toward more secure bonds.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and learning practical skills to change them. CBT is commonly used for mood symptoms, self-esteem work, coping with chronic stress or caregiving strain, and managing ADHD-related challenges.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Michele collaborates with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. Licensed professionals and therapists tailor interventions over time so the work feels relevant and effective.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to attend sessions around work, family, or caregiving responsibilities. These options support continuity of care and allow clients to engage in therapy in ways that fit their daily routines and comfort levels.