Michelle St. Raymond , LCSW

Michelle St. Raymond is a heart-centered LCSW, a licensed clinical social worker with more than three decades of experience supporting people through change and healing. Based in Louisiana, she brings a blend of southern roots and broader life experience to her practice, and she emphasizes compassionate, practical work that honors each person’s story.

Her clinical focus includes trauma recovery, family-of-origin patterns, and relationship growth. She incorporates Internal Family Systems (IFS) alongside mindfulness and natural healing approaches to help clients strengthen self-expression and manage anxiety. Michelle works with individuals and families navigating transitions such as aging, career shifts, health challenges, and evolving family structures.

Michelle often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients recognize and shift unhelpful thought patterns, while also encouraging inner-body awareness to support a healthy mind-body connection. She prioritizes nurturing body, mind, and spirit as part of sustainable change, and she emphasizes compassionate self-acceptance as a foundation for new skills and behaviors.

Therapy with Michelle is collaborative and goal-oriented; she offers guidance while centering the client as the leader of their own process. By co-creating practical steps informed by a person’s hopes and strengths, she helps clients move from stuckness into meaningful action and forward momentum.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Support and Growth

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify their values and take committed action toward what matters to them, even when difficult thoughts or feelings arise. It is often used for stress, anxiety, and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns of relating; it can be especially helpful for improving intimacy, repairing relationship wounds, and addressing attachment-related struggles. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a structured approach that identifies unhelpful thought patterns and teaches practical skills to shift thinking and behavior, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and developing new coping strategies.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and Michelle works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She and the client explore options together and adjust the approach as progress unfolds, treating therapy as a partnership rather than a one-size-fits-all solution.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions take place - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - so clients can choose the format that fits their schedule and comfort. For many, virtual sessions make it easier to access regular support, maintain momentum between appointments, and integrate therapeutic work into daily life, while still receiving care from licensed professionals and experienced therapists.