About Michelle
Michelle Harris is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and family difficulties. She offers straightforward support and gentle guidance for people who feel stuck or overwhelmed.
Background and approach
Michelle works to build an open atmosphere where clients can speak honestly about thoughts and feelings. With 16 years of experience in California, Michelle has helped people navigate life changes and recover from difficult experiences.
She listens for the patterns that cause repeated worry or conflict and helps people learn practical ways to respond differently. Sessions emphasize clear communication and steps that can be practiced between meetings.
Michelle pays close attention to how guilt, shame, and low self-worth influence daily life. She supports people in developing more self-compassion and stronger boundaries when needed.
Social anxiety and phobia are also common concerns she addresses through paced work and skill building. Her approach is collaborative and down-to-earth.
She aims to make therapy feel like a team effort, where goals are set together and progress is tracked in small, manageable steps. Michelle encourages questions and adjusts the pace to each person's needs.
People who connect with her tend to be looking for practical tools and calm, steady support while they work toward clearer communication and emotional balance.
Approaches that guide online therapy
Michelle uses clear, evidence-based techniques that focus on changing unhelpful patterns and building coping skills. One common approach helps people learn practical tools to manage anxiety and stress, such as breathing, grounding, and stepwise exposure to feared situations. These techniques aim to reduce avoidance and increase confidence in everyday settings.Another set of methods centers on processing trauma and painful memories in small, manageable steps. Work proceeds at a pace the person can tolerate while teaching emotional regulation skills so difficult memories are less overwhelming. This helps people regain control over reactions and daily functioning.
Finding the right fit is part of the work. Michelle will collaborate with each person to choose which techniques match their goals, preferences, and current needs. She adjusts methods over time if something isn’t helping and invites feedback throughout the process.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video lets people use nonverbal cues, phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, and messaging supports shorter check-ins or ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and maintain momentum between appointments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English