About Michelle
Michelle (Sheli) Miller brings a client-centered approach to therapy and emphasizes practical skills people can use right away. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, with 18 years of experience. She practices in California and speaks English.
She focuses on stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem, career questions, and coping with life changes. She also helps with relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, sleep problems, parenting concerns, and compassion fatigue. Michelle includes support for LGBT concerns, ADHD, depression, and a wide range of family and communication problems.
How Michelle works
Her work blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness, and Motivational Interviewing within a client-centered frame. Sessions aim to identify patterns that cause distress and build concrete skills to change them. She values active listening, respect, and a nonjudgmental stance.
Michelle’s background includes work in domestic violence centers, hospitals, community agencies, youth organizations, and independent practice. She has experience across cultural and religious backgrounds and adapts methods to each person’s story. She draws on her own life experience and professional training to help people find clearer direction.
Therapy with Michelle is collaborative and goal oriented. She supports people who want actionable steps, improved relationships, and better day-to-day coping. The focus is on steady progress and building a more stable sense of well-being.
Michelle lists 7 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
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Practical approaches for online therapy and skill building
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely to each person's experience and shaping sessions around their goals. It helps when someone needs a respectful space to make sense of their feelings and decide what matters most to them.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It teaches concrete strategies to challenge unhelpful thoughts and build healthier habits, which can help with anxiety, depression, and sleep problems.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, adds skills for managing intense emotions and improving communication. It offers tools for distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and better relationships, which can be useful for people facing recurring conflicts or strong mood swings.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michelle will collaborate with each person to identify what fits their needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying ideas, adjusting the plan, and focusing on what helps most in daily life.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is good for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone calls work when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging allows ongoing support between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and stay connected from different locations.
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