Michelle Phillips
Hi there, I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and have been practicing therapy over 10 years. I seek to provide safe, non judgmental space for processing healing.
I aspire to create safe environment for those to unpack thoughts and feelings and recognize their strengths to becoming the best versions of themselves.
Committed to helping individuals, including adults, children and adolescents, teens and families experience healing and growth to thrive and live full abundant lives emotionally, physically, and mentally. I specialize in Person Centered Therapy, and Family Systems approach as well as Cognitive Behavioral therapy with understanding thoughts feelings and actions. I aspire to create safe environment for those to unpack thoughts and feelings and recognize their strengths to becoming the best versions of themselves. Committed to understanding goals, and achieving success and providing pathways to growth.
First session
In our first session together, we'll start with brief introductions, building rapport then dive into the specific challenges you're facing. This will help me create a tailored plan for us to work through in follow-up sessions. We will establish goals together and work towards achieving those goals.
Strengths
Having worked with young professionals for over 10 years, I've developed a strong sense of meeting clients where they are, I have a heart to work on change and seeing results. I supportive, empathetic and able to work on challenges and create a tailored plan that leads to measurable progress.
Ideal clients
I enjoy working with teens and college age students looking for help with direction in life and managing their moods and working through personal conflicts. I have a heart for those struggling in many areas emotionally and gaining tools to find the best version of themselves. I enjoy working with women going through personal struggles of anxiety and depression and work conflicts and struggles. My clients are eager utilizing tools to help strengthen them emotionally.
Treatment methods
Person-centered (Rogerian)
Working with the individual where they are meeting their needs. Understanding them as a whole person.
Christian Counseling
Using my faith in helping support God’s direction and plan in their emotional healing.
Compassion-Focused
Working on understanding where they are coming from, how to work on change.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Working together to understand, thoughts, feelings, actions. Using some strategies as homework to work on ways to promote change.
Location
Virtual sessions
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- CaliforniaLicense 106798