About Michelle
Michelle Frizzelle is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in California with ten years of practice. She focuses on practical support for stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma, and life transitions.
Background and approach
She helps people talk through tough feelings and find manageable next steps. Michelle uses straightforward conversation and steady listening to build trust over time.
She describes herself as easygoing and brings a range of life experience to sessions. The goal is a calm space where thoughts and emotions can be shared without judgment.
Her work includes attention to relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, addictions, eating and sleeping difficulties, anger, self-esteem, and ADHD. Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care, attachment issues, aging and geriatric matters, cancer-related concerns, and issues around divorce and separation.
Clinically she draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered approaches, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Narrative Therapy. In practice this means helping people notice unhelpful patterns, clarify values, and try small behavior changes that match their goals.
Michelle speaks English and is licensed in California and Oregon as an LMFT. She has worked with a variety of life challenges and uses clear, plain language when planning steps forward.
People who want steady, practical support often find her approach accessible and grounded.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Michelle often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that fit their values. This approach can help with anxiety, grief, and major life changes.She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on listening closely and reflecting what matters to the client so they can find their own answers. That style is useful for building trust and working through sensitive experiences like trauma or relationship hurt.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then try methods that fit those needs. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions to what actually helps the individual move forward.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to add flexibility. Video allows face-to-face conversation for deeper interaction. Phone calls can be easier when less bandwidth is available. Live chat and messaging work well for short check-ins, on-the-go reflection, or when someone prefers writing their thoughts. These options aim to make care easier to fit into busy lives and different schedules.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Commitment issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- California, Oregon
- Languages
- English