Michelle Frizzelle , LMFT

Michelle Frizzelle is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with ten years of clinical experience. She focuses on women's issues alongside common concerns such as stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and trauma. Michelle aims to help people find steadier ground during hard life transitions.

She uses clear, straightforward conversations to make space for thoughts and feelings. Sessions emphasize listening, gentle questioning, and practical steps people can try between meetings. Michelle describes herself as easygoing and values steady communication to build trust over time.

Her background includes work with addictions, sleep and eating problems, parenting strains, and anger and self-esteem concerns. She also attends to adoption and foster care topics, attachment issues, aging and geriatric matters, and life challenges tied to cancer, divorce, and separation.

Michelle draws on several approaches to tailor care to each person. She incorporates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered methods, motivational interviewing, and narrative techniques to help people clarify values and change unhelpful patterns.

Based in California, she holds LMFT licensure and brings a combination of lived experience and professional practice to sessions. Michelle supports international clients and conducts therapy in English. People seeking help can expect a calm, collaborative style focused on real-world coping and gradual change.

Therapeutic approaches you can use online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings while clarifying what matters to them. It supports people who want to act more in line with their values even when emotions are difficult. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and testing new ways of responding. This approach is useful for anxiety, depression, and problems like sleep or eating difficulties. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's own goals and experience, with the therapist offering empathy and nonjudgmental listening to help clients find their own solutions.

Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to match methods to their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean trying one method first or blending techniques to fit what helps most.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use gestures and tone for fuller conversation, while phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between sessions or to communicate without being on camera. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around busy schedules and life demands.