About Michelle
Michelle Laughlin helps people navigate stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, life transitions, and attention challenges. She is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in California with four years of professional experience. Michelle aims to make the first steps toward change feel manageable and supported.
Michelle keeps sessions straightforward and respectful. She listens first, then works with each person to set clear goals. Conversations focus on practical steps people can try between sessions to feel steadier and more in control.
How Michelle works
Her approach draws from attachment-based work that looks at how relationships shape feelings, client-centered methods that follow the person's priorities, and cognitive behavioral techniques that examine thinking patterns. She also uses dialectical behavior ideas for managing intense emotions and solution-focused strategies to identify what helps now. In sessions she adapts the pace and style to fit each person's needs.
That might mean skill-building, talking through past events, or weighing choices about the present. The plan and language are kept simple so people know what to expect. Michelle treats each person with sensitivity and respect.
She tailors conversation and plans to individual circumstances. The goal is practical change that fits into daily life, supported step by step.
Michelle lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Michelle works with
The areas below are the ones Michelle selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches work online
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationships shape feelings and coping. Online sessions can help people notice patterns in relationships and try different ways of connecting or setting boundaries. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's goals and experience, with the therapist following the pace and direction the person finds most important. This approach helps when someone needs a steady, listening space to sort their thoughts. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks down unhelpful thoughts and tests them with real-life experiments, which can be practiced between sessions to reduce anxiety or improve behavior.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and collaborate with the person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean combining elements from different approaches and adjusting over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share thoughts in shorter moments or keep a running conversation between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and everyday life.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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