Liesl Botelho

Liesl Botelho, LCSW, helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and worries about relationships and self-esteem. She recognizes how hard it is to keep going when the strain shows up as irritability, withdrawal, or low confidence. Liesl offers a calm, steady presence to listen and help people find practical ways forward.

She focuses on understanding what is happening day to day and what patterns keep problems stuck. Sessions look at how stress and mood affect behavior and relationships, and then focus on small, manageable changes. Liesl works with people who are also facing divorce and separation related concerns, aging and geriatric issues, family problems, guilt, loneliness, veteran and armed forces issues, and challenges common to young adults.

Her style is straightforward and supportive. She aims to help people feel understood, regain confidence, and rebuild healthier ways of relating to themselves and others. Conversations are practical and paced to the client’s needs.

With 15 years of experience as a licensed clinical social worker, Liesl brings years of practice to each session. She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide the work and tailors strategies to the person in front of her.

Sessions are conducted in English and take place from her Florida practice. If you want to explore next steps, Liesl asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to her availability.

How therapeutic approaches guide online care

Many of the techniques Liesl uses come from well-studied, evidence-based approaches that focus on skills you can apply day to day. One approach emphasizes identifying patterns in thinking and behavior so you can test and change unhelpful habits that feed anxiety and low mood. Another approach centers on building emotion regulation and coping strategies to manage intense feelings, grief, or stress related to life changes like divorce and separation.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Liesl collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they try techniques, note what helps, and adjust the plan over time so the work feels useful and realistic.

Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and offering flexible scheduling that works around work or caregiving. Licensed professionals can still do focused, practical work through remote sessions when that format meets a client's needs.