Michele Lewis, LISW, LCSW
Missouri · 26 years in practice
Michele Lewis, LISW, LCSW, invites people who are overwhelmed by grief, trauma, anxiety, or life changes to take a gentle next step.
License and registration
- LCSW, Missouri
- 2001009328 · expires September 2026
- LISW, Iowa
- 118059 · expires December 2026
- NPI
- 1497004980 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 26
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Michele
Michele Lewis, LISW, LCSW, invites people who are overwhelmed by grief, trauma, anxiety, or life changes to take a gentle next step. She writes plainly, listens closely, and helps clients name what feels hardest. Her approach aims to make daily life a little more manageable and more honest with oneself.
She brings 26 years of clinical experience and a long history working with grief, caregiving stress, and aging-related concerns. Michele combines practical skills with a warm, nonjudgmental presence.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear goals, small experiments, and habits that reduce anxiety and lift mood. Michele uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside cognitive behavioral tools and mindfulness practices. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and client-centered principles to tailor sessions to each person.
The room is meant to be a place to speak freely and test new ways of relating to feelings and others. Michele often helps people process the impact of loss, domestic violence, long-term illness, and family-of-origin wounds. She supports people facing career transitions, questions of identity, caregiver strain, and loneliness.
Practical life strategies are paired with attention to emotion and meaning. She holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Kansas and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from William Jewell College. Michele is licensed in Missouri and Iowa as LISW and LCSW.
She offers evening and weekend sessions and a mix of live and message-based formats to fit different schedules.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Michele lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
Approaches Michele names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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Online support
How emotion work and practical skills translate online
Michele often draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people notice and name core feelings, then use those insights to change how they relate to themselves and others. EFT supports work on grief, attachment wounds, and expressing difficult emotions that get in the way of connection.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients clarify values and take small committed steps toward a meaningful life. ACT is useful for managing anxiety, chronic stress, and the hard emotions that come with illness or caregiving. Client-centered therapy informs how she listens and responds, creating space for each person to set the pace and goals.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. Michele will talk with each client about needs, preferences, and goals, then try methods that feel practical and relevant. Adjustments are made as progress is observed and priorities shift.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different rhythms of life. Video works well for deeper emotional work and face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and messaging are useful for short check-ins, homework, or when scheduling a longer session is difficult. These options make it easier to fit therapy into evenings, weekends, and caregiving routines.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Michele commonly address?
Michele works with people facing trauma and abuse, grief, depression, anxiety, caregiver stress, compassion fatigue, and challenges with self-esteem and life changes.
What is Michele's therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm, accepting, and goal-oriented. She blends emotion-focused work with practical exercises to help clients try new ways of coping.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 26 years of experience as a clinical social worker working across grief, geriatrics, trauma, and long-term caregiving issues.
What credentials and location information are on file?
She holds LISW and LCSW credentials and is licensed in Missouri and Iowa; her practice is listed in Missouri.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English only, and international clients are not accepted.
What session formats does she use?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a session according to therapist availability.
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