Michelle (she/her) is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (#149327).

Michelle combines professional expertise with rich life experience, giving her a deep understanding of life’s challenges including navigating parenting, launching children, caregiving for aging parents, grieving relationships, or reinventing oneself during transitions.

Michelle offers sessions in person in Brentwood and via telehealth.

michelle’s genuine care and attentiveness allows for a safe environment for clients to explore their emotions, gain clarity, and make meaningful change.

Michelle offers a warm, approachable, and non-judge mental space where clients can truly feel seen and heard. Michelle values the unique relationship built in therapy — one rooted in trust, respect, empathy, and collaboration as a foundation for healing and growth.


Education & Training

M.A CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY WITH AN EMPHASIS IN MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY - PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY

B.A. COMMUNICATIONS - UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

Suicide Assessment Training with Didi Hirsch and The Maple Counseling Center

Dementia Care Practitioner Training with OPICA Adult Dementia Day Center

Anxiety

Family Relationships

Peer Relationships

Life Transitions

Caretaking

Family Conflict

Marriage Counseling

Job Loss

Areas of Expertise

teens/adults/couples/families

Depression

Parenting

Body Image

Self-Esteem

Stress

Coping Skills/Mindfulness

Self-Acceptance

Therapeutic Orientations

Psychodynamic

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Person Centered

Family Systems

Reminiscence Therapy

Mindfulness

Culturally Sensitive

Experience

The Maple Counseling Center, Los Angeles (Child and Adolescent)

Michelle works with teen Clients at Beverly Hills High School and at the center. Through a psychodynamic and person centered lens, Michelle helps teens struggling with ADHD, suicide prevention, and attachment issues. She helps provide support to navigate life’s challenging issues and build emotional resilience.

The Maple Counseling Center, Los Angeles (Adult)

At the Maple Counseling Center, Michelle provided weekly psychotherapy to individual clients ranging from young adults to seniors. Michelle utilized depth-oriented psychodynamic treatment approaches and attended weekly trainings on in-depth psychodynamic interpersonal therapy. 

OPICA Adult Dementia Day Program, Los Angeles

At OPICA, Michelle provided reminiscence therapy designed to improve mood, reduce anxiety, and reduce depression in clients with dementia. Michelle helped clients stimulate cognition, process life changes, and promote feelings of dignity and self-worth. She provided supportive person-centered therapy sessions to family members and caregivers to help process acceptance, frustration, grief, and loss.