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Rated 4.5 stars out of 5, 95 ratings

Michele Scyoc

LMFT, 30 years of experience

Authentic
Warm
Open-minded
Virtual
Next available on

About me

Are you struggling in living your best life? Do you feel ‘off’ and not sure why? Having difficulties in your interpersonal relationships at home/work? Is the past keeping you feeling stuck? I will help identify and explore barriers keeping you feel ‘stuck’ in life. We’ll work together in identifying what is keeping you from living an authentic and fulfilling life. I will work with you in developing healthy coping strategies and tools in order to enrich your everyday life and overall functioning. This can be with family, friends, or in whatever capacity you’re struggling. We can identify how anxiety and depressive symptomolgy presents. How you currently deal with interpersonal and behavioral issues and develop new healthy coping strategies.

Get to know me

In our first session together, here's what you can expect

Introduction of therapist and client. Thorough history and explanation of presenting problems, and treatment goals for therapy. Review of Policies and Procedures, limits of confidentiality. Exploring treatment history. Any questions client has for the therapeutic process, what to expect, length of treatment, frequency,

The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions

We work on challenging distorted thinking and develop healthier thoughts/behaviors to achieve improved overall functioning for ourselves and with others.

The clients I'm best positioned to serve

Autism Spectrum disorder, Children, Special Education, IEP, 504, School and peer issues, ADHD, Anxiety, Complex Comorbidity ASD/OCD/ADD/ADHD, Life ‘crisis’, Depression, Relationship struggles

Specialties

Top specialties

ADHD
Autism
Child or Adolescent

Other specialties

Addiction
Anger Management
Career Counseling
Family Conflict
Grief
Learning Disabilities
Men's Issues
Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
Parenting
Peer Relationships
School Issues
Self Esteem
Suicidal Ideation
Women's Issues

I identify as

White
Woman

Serves ages

Adults (18 to 64)
Children (6 to 12)
Elders (65 and above)
Teenagers (13 to 17)

My treatment methods

Eclectic

I utilize various modalities depending on the client and presenting problems which may include but not be limited to: psychodynamic, CBT, Reality Therapy, Existential

Location

Virtual

Licensed in

California

Accepts

Aetna
Aetna - Medicare
Aetna - WebTPA
All Savers
Ambetter from Health Net
AvMed
Blue Shield of California - Medicare
Carelon Behavioral Health (Commercial)
L.A. Care PASC-SEIU
L.A. Care Covered
L.A. Care Covered Direct
Cash - $150 per session
EAP:UnitedHealthcare/Optum
Golden Rule
Harvard Pilgrim/UnitedHealthcare
Health Net (Commercial)
Humana - Medicare
Humana Dual (Medicare & Medicaid)
UnitedHealthcare/Optum
Optum
OptumHealth Complex Medical Conditions
Oscar
Oxford
Surest (formerly Bind)
United Medical Resources
UnitedHealthcare Life Insurance
UnitedHealthcare Shared Services
UnitedHealthcare StudentResources
UnitedHealthcare/Optum - Medicare
Rated 4.5 stars out of 5, 95 ratings

4 ratings with written reviews

July 10, 2025

Therapy to grow is what it should be called.

Verified client, age 65+

Review shared after session 1 with Michele

July 8, 2025

So far, so good! Our first meeting was great; she is real; she listens and replies with openness and honesty. I like her friendly demeanor.

Verified client, age 65+

Review shared after session 1 with Michele

April 16, 2025

We had a lot in common and she was very engaging.

Verified client, age 35-44

Review shared after session 1 with Michele