Dr. Michele Scofield

Dr. Michele Scofield is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on practical ways to manage strong emotions. She uses straightforward conversation and problem solving to help people who are feeling overwhelmed by anger, stress, anxiety, grief, or relationship strain.

She draws on client-centered methods to listen closely and make therapy fit each person's needs. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to notice thought patterns that fuel anger and teaches skills to shift those patterns. Mindfulness and DBT strategies are used when people need tools for staying calm and handling intense moments.

Dr. Scofield trained and lives in Hawaii and brings that local perspective to sessions. Her background includes work in addiction, teaching, and clinical mental health, and she has experience helping people with substance concerns, trauma, and identity-related stress. She has three years of practice under the LCSW credential in Hawaii.

In sessions she helps people spot what triggers angry reactions, practice new responses, and build clearer communication habits. She also supports issues around parenting stress, caregiver burnout, and codependency by breaking problems into small, workable steps.

People who come for help leave with concrete skills they can use day to day. To begin, clients use the site's Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling a session according to the therapist's availability.

How these approaches translate to online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and shaping sessions around what matters most to the client. It helps people feel heard and decide practical steps they want to try. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches specific exercises to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anger, anxiety, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) brings attention to emotion regulation and coping skills for managing intense reactions and interpersonal difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and together decide which methods to try first. That collaborative process can be adjusted over time based on what helps.

Session formats are not specified in the profile, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, shrink commute time, and allow for brief check-ins when needed. They also let people practice skills between meetings and bring real-life situations into conversation, so strategies learned in sessions can be tested and refined in everyday moments.