Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
How Michelle works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 23
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Michelle
Michelle Garibaldi is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with 23 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship strain, and life transitions. Her approach is collaborative and direct, focused on small, practical changes clients can use right away.
She listens first and then helps clients set clear goals for what they want to change. Sessions emphasize understanding patterns, improving communication, and building routine skills for everyday life.
Background and approach
Michelle brings a warm, empathic style while also using structured techniques when they will help. Her background includes long-term clinical work in family and individual concerns, grief and trauma support, and issues tied to career and caregiving. Over two decades she has worked with people navigating addictions, parenting strain, midlife challenges, and identity questions.
This experience informs a flexible way of working that adapts to each person's situation. Michelle commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and shift behavior. She also draws on Client-Centered and Existential ideas to honor what matters to each person and to clarify personal values.
Mindfulness and Motivational Interviewing tools are added when clients want practical coping skills and motivation for change. Sessions can focus on short-term goals or longer exploration depending on the person. Michelle explains steps clearly, sets achievable tasks between sessions, and checks progress together.
She aims to make therapy understandable and useful from the first meetings onward.
What Michelle works with
Everything Michelle lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Michelle's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Michelle lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Michelle often combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy in her online work. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, anger, and low mood. It gives clear tools you can practice between sessions to change daily reactions.Client-Centered Therapy centers the client's goals and values. The therapist listens closely, reflects what matters to you, and helps you make choices that fit your life. That approach is useful for building self-esteem, clarifying life purpose, and working through relationship concerns.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. Michelle will help you decide which methods fit your needs, goals, and preferences. That decision is collaborative and can shift as goals change over time.
Online formats offered include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let you use face-to-face interaction and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option or an easier fit during short breaks. Live chat and messaging work well for brief check-ins, homework support, or when a written format helps you process thoughts. These options make therapy more flexible for busy schedules and different daily rhythms.
Questions people ask about Michelle
What kinds of concerns does Michelle address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, identity and intimacy issues, sleep problems, parenting strain, and career or life-change challenges.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and collaborative with a focus on clear goals and practical steps. Sessions blend empathic listening with active techniques aimed at change.
What is her professional background?
She has 23 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of individual and family-related concerns, including grief, trauma, addictions, and life transitions.
What credentials and region should I know about?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, licensed in California and practices from that state.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English only.
In what formats are sessions offered?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
How does cost and scheduling work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin sessions?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.