Michelle Boyles , LCSW

Michelle Boyles is a licensed clinical social worker with more than 25 years of experience in mental health and substance abuse treatment. She has practiced as a master's-level therapist since 2001 and has held her LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential in Florida since 2012. Her academic background includes a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Penn State University and a Master of Social Work from Georgia State University.

Throughout her career, Michelle has worked across a variety of settings, including inpatient crisis stabilization, residential programs, and outpatient therapy. She has supported children, teens, adults, and older adults, offering individual, couples, and family therapy as needed. Her work spans diverse clinical concerns, with particular experience in treating trauma and abuse, mood and personality disorders, substance use disorders, family conflict, and major life transitions.

Michelle focuses on helping people develop insight, build skills, and learn practical coping strategies to address the challenges they face. She blends education with hands-on techniques to support recovery and resilience, aiming to empower clients to move toward healthier relationships, improved emotional regulation, and clearer life direction.

Therapeutic Approaches and Remote Care

Michelle Boyles draws from client-centered therapy to place the person's own goals and experiences at the center of the work. This approach emphasizes empathy, active listening, and collaborative goal-setting to help people explore values, build self-awareness, and make meaningful changes in relationships and life choices.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify and reshape unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors. CBT is practical and skills-focused, often helping with anxiety, depression, mood regulation, and coping during life transitions. In addition, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers tools for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and improved interpersonal effectiveness, which can be especially useful for intense emotions, relationship conflicts, and impulsivity.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Michelle will work with each person to assess needs, preferences, and goals, and then tailor methods so that therapy fits the individual rather than forcing a single model.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit appointments into busy schedules and to access care from different locations. Licensed professionals can adapt these methods to support skills practice, talk therapy, and problem-solving in ways that suit each person's life and learning style.