You want an individual couples counselor and marriage therapist that works quickly and efficiently? Michelle is your therapist.

She uses Gottman techniques with couples, learning the tools to have effective communication and repair. And with individuals, she focuses on Brene Brown techniques of vulnerabilty, compassion, and shame stopping.

Michelle uses her experience as a teacher, coach, and director of Student Life in her counseling. She believes in a growth mentality, helping clients see their thoughts and beliefs about themselves are the only thing holding them back from their authentic selves.

In couples counseling, Michelle uses Gottman techniques to help couples see the patterns that do not serve them. Then, with guidance, accountability, and a sense of humor, she brings couples to conscious friendship, leading to respect and admiration for each other, leaving the communication patterns that do not serve them. Her motto is: “If you don’t fix it in this relationship, you’ll carry it to the next.”

Michelle is a direct, goal-oriented therapist. She is warm, humorous, and a doer. She loves assigning homework for individuals and couples, but, she also reminds her clients, “there is no shame in not completing homework! All information is valuable, even when you don’t do your assignments! We can explore it.”

Michelle is an avid traveler, having lived in Spain, Costa Rica, Peru, Chile and Mexico. She loves pickleball, sports, mowing the lawn, and staying active. Now-a-days, Michelle runs Perfectly Imperfectly Counseling, Co. from her She Shed at home in Los Angeles or from her RV, travelling across the country with her two dogs and partner. Online counseling is flexible for her and also for all of her clients!