About Michelle
Michelle Uribe helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, low self-esteem, grief, anger, depression, ADHD, and major life changes. She offers steady, down-to-earth support and practical steps people can try between sessions.
Background and approach
Michelle is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, practicing in California. She listens without judgment and adapts to each person’s needs.
Michelle uses a client-centered style that keeps the person’s goals front and center. Conversations focus on what feels most pressing and what will make a real difference in day-to-day life.
Her background includes work in both schools and clinical settings over the past 11 years. That mix means she is used to helping people with everyday stressors as well as deeper emotional wounds.
Michelle aims to make therapy feel like a calm, doable process rather than something overwhelming. Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented.
She will tailor the pace and techniques to each person, helping them build coping skills and clearer patterns in relationships. The approach emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion throughout the work.
Michelle encourages small, achievable steps alongside honest conversation. She supports clients as they practice new ways of relating, managing emotions, and solving problems.
The focus is on progress that fits real life and responsibilities.
Therapeutic techniques and online options that fit your life
Michelle uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to each person's needs. One common approach focuses on building coping skills and emotional regulation to manage anxiety, depression, and intense emotions; it helps people learn specific steps to calm down and make clearer decisions. Another approach addresses relationship and attachment concerns by identifying interaction patterns and trying new ways of relating that reduce conflict and increase connection.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk about goals, try out methods, and adjust the plan together based on what feels most helpful. Clients and the therapist work as a team to find the best fit for goals, preferences, and daily routines.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for in-depth conversation and reading facial cues. Phone sessions can be a good choice when bandwidth is limited or when a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging let people share updates or get short support between longer sessions. These formats aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English