About Michelle
Michelle Clisby is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in California with 15 years of professional experience. She helps people facing depression, anxiety, stress, and challenges with self-esteem. Michelle also supports those navigating relationship and family concerns, as well as people managing ADHD-related struggles.
She aims to make sessions feel straightforward and approachable. Michelle creates a calm space where clients can talk through what is happening and figure out practical next steps.
Background and approach
Conversations focus on what matters most to the client, whether that is managing moods, improving communication, or building daily routines. Michelle draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions. She works collaboratively to set goals and test small changes that can have a real effect on day-to-day life.
Sessions often include problem-solving, coping skills, and strategies to reduce stress and increase consistency. Many clients come for help with life transitions, grief, parenting strain, addiction concerns, or workplace stress. Michelle also supports those dealing with trauma, compassion fatigue, and intimacy-related issues.
She adapts her approach to each person’s situation and priorities. Her background includes long-term clinical work in California settings that focus on relationships and emotional health. Michelle uses clear language and a steady pace so people can feel heard and move forward at their own speed.
If someone is ready to start, she helps them build a plan and practical steps toward change.
Practical therapy approaches and flexible online care
Michelle uses evidence-based techniques that focus on clear strategies and everyday skills. One common approach involves skill-building around emotion regulation and stress management, which helps people handle anxiety, mood shifts, and overwhelming moments with concrete tools. Another approach centers on communication and relationship skills, teaching ways to express needs, set boundaries, and resolve conflicts more effectively. Finding the right method is part of the work together. The therapist and client discuss goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what is helpful. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions to individual needs and preferences rather than forcing a single method. Online therapy offers practical benefits for many people. Video calls let sessions feel close to in-person meetings and work well for deeper conversations. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief coping support, and maintaining momentum between longer sessions. Together these options make it easier to keep therapy consistent amid busy schedules.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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