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Michelle North, LMFT

  • Experience13 years
  • LocationCalifornia
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Relationship
  • Therapy approachesAttachment-Based Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Michelle

Michelle North is a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, relationship challenges, and life transitions, and who lists ADHD among her areas of specialty.

Background and approach

She centers work on meeting clients where they are and shaping conversations and plans to fit each person’s circumstances, whether the concern is coping with loss, managing compassion fatigue, improving intimacy, or handling career and self-esteem questions. With an LMFT credential and over a decade of clinical experience in California, Michelle integrates several therapeutic perspectives to support growth.

She draws on attachment-based and client-centered ideas to strengthen relational patterns and build trust, and uses cognitive-behavioral techniques for concrete skills around symptoms and daily functioning. Her practice also attends to issues such as family of origin dynamics, adoption and foster care concerns, fertility and hospice-related stressors, process addictions, and seasonal mood shifts.

Michelle aims to empower clients to identify values and practical steps toward a more fulfilling life. She emphasizes collaboration in setting goals, tailoring interventions, and encouraging the courage it takes to begin change.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Michelle uses attachment-based therapy to explore how early relationships shape current patterns, which can be useful for addressing intimacy, communication problems, and family of origin issues. She also integrates client-centered therapy, offering a collaborative, empathetic space where the client’s perspective and goals guide the work. In addition she draws on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for practical skill building to manage anxiety, sleeping difficulties, negative self-talk, and other day-to-day symptoms.

Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify priorities, experiment with techniques, and adjust methods based on what fits the client's needs, goals, and preferences rather than assuming a single model from the start.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for varied schedules and life demands. These formats can make ongoing care more accessible for people balancing work, caregiving, or mobility challenges, and allow therapists and licensed professionals to maintain continuity of care across changing circumstances.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, grief, life changes, intimacy-related concerns, self esteem, career matters, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach emphasizes meeting clients where they are and tailoring dialogue and treatment plans to individual needs, combining relational and practical interventions to support change.
What level of experience does she bring?
She has 13 years of professional experience working in the mental health field.
What credentials and location apply to this practice?
She is licensed as an LMFT in California under CA LMFT 87958 and provides services from that state.
Are sessions available in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English; she is not currently accepting international clients.
In what formats are sessions offered?
Clients can connect through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on their preference and schedule.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions operate via a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesGriefCoping with life changes

Also works with

LGBTFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAttachment issuesCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesFamily of origin issuesFertility issuesForgivenessHospice and end-of-life counselingLife purposeVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Existential TherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

13+ years

Licensed

California

Languages

English

What Michelle can help with

Michelle North works with clients on stress and anxiety, relationship issues, grief, and coping with life changes.

Michelle works with clients with anxiety, depression, infertility, and relationship issues.

How Michelle approaches therapy

Michelle's clinical approaches include Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Existential Therapy, Jungian Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Narrative Therapy.

Experience and training

Michelle is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in California.