Michelle North, LMFT
Calm, practical therapy for life's big transitions
Details
| Name | Michelle North |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LMFT |
| Based in | California |
| Licensed in | California |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 13 |
About Michelle
Michelle North is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California. She works with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, grief, and major life changes. She also helps people facing fertility struggles, parenting stress, ADHD-related challenges, and identity questions related to LGBT concerns.
Michelle uses a narrative lens to understand how a person's life story shapes their struggles. She listens for recurring themes and helps people reframe unhelpful stories. Sessions are conversational and goal-focused, with practical steps to try between meetings.
Background and approach
Her approach blends attachment-based ideas with client-centered listening. That means she pays attention to how early relationships affect current patterns while keeping the client's goals in front. Cognitive strategies are used when helpful to change unhelpful thinking and build new habits.
Michelle has 13 years of experience working with grief, life transitions, and compassion fatigue. She has supported people dealing with adoption and foster care questions, abandonment and family-of-origin issues, and end-of-life concerns. She also offers work around process addictions, seasonal affective disorder, and self-love.
Sessions aim to be practical and humane. Michelle helps people identify small changes that fit their life. She encourages clear communication, boundary setting, and steps that gradually shift relationships and daily routines.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Grief among the things Michelle works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Family of origin issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Michelle among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Michelle among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Michelle among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Michelle among the ways she works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by Michelle among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Michelle among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Michelle among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Michelle among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Michelle directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Michelle directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How Michelle's approaches work online
Michelle often draws on Narrative Therapy to help people rewrite the stories that shape their days. This approach looks at patterns and meanings in a person's life story and helps people experiment with new ways of seeing themselves and their relationships.She also uses Attachment-Based Therapy to notice how early bonds influence current behavior. This approach helps people understand why they react certain ways in close relationships and supports learning healthier connection habits. Client-Centered Therapy is part of her practice as well, which emphasizes a nonjudgmental, listening stance so clients can find their own answers.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Michelle works together with clients to choose methods that fit goals, values, and comfort. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan as needed so the work stays relevant and useful.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video helps keep a face-to-face feel, phone can be easier when bandwidth is low, chat and messaging support quick check-ins or written reflection. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and keep progress moving between appointments.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of concerns does Michelle address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, grief, and life changes. Other focuses include fertility struggles, ADHD, intimacy issues, and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is conversational and collaborative. She listens, helps reframe life stories, and offers concrete steps to try between sessions.
What is her professional background?
Michelle has 13 years of experience working with grief, loss, transitions, and related concerns. That experience informs a practical, recovery-focused approach.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, licensed in California.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist factors. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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