- Client-centered focus
- Skills-based tools
- Mindfulness practices
About Michelle
Michelle Lesagonicz is a licensed clinical social worker with 11 years of experience helping adults in Alaska. She centers work on each person’s goals and priorities, using practical steps to reduce distress and build more satisfying daily routines.
Her style is grounded in Client-Centered Therapy, which means she listens first and follows what matters most to the client. She combines that with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and with Mindfulness Therapy to strengthen moment-to-moment awareness. Michelle also draws on solution-focused techniques and motivational interviewing to support clear decision making and forward movement.
Common concerns she addresses include stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship strain, parenting challenges, sleep problems, addictions, anger, and self esteem. She also helps people facing chronic pain, life changes, isolation, workplace difficulties, and questions about life purpose.
In sessions she uses straightforward skills training, guided reflection, and gentle mindfulness exercises. She helps people practice new ways of coping between sessions and builds small, achievable steps that fit into everyday life.
Michelle aims to create a respectful, listening space where people can work at their own pace. The focus is practical: reduce symptoms, make clearer decisions, and strengthen confidence to move forward.
Her style is grounded in Client-Centered Therapy, which means she listens first and follows what matters most to the client. She combines that with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and with Mindfulness Therapy to strengthen moment-to-moment awareness. Michelle also draws on solution-focused techniques and motivational interviewing to support clear decision making and forward movement.
Common concerns she addresses include stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship strain, parenting challenges, sleep problems, addictions, anger, and self esteem. She also helps people facing chronic pain, life changes, isolation, workplace difficulties, and questions about life purpose.
In sessions she uses straightforward skills training, guided reflection, and gentle mindfulness exercises. She helps people practice new ways of coping between sessions and builds small, achievable steps that fit into everyday life.
Michelle aims to create a respectful, listening space where people can work at their own pace. The focus is practical: reduce symptoms, make clearer decisions, and strengthen confidence to move forward.