Meet the Perfectly Imperfectly team
A small, independent practice offering licensed therapy with Michelle Taylor, LPCC, and life coaching with Cinnamon Basco. You work directly with the person you meet, not a rotating roster.
Michelle Taylor, MS, LPCC
Therapist · Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor · California #5004
Michelle is a direct, warm, and genuinely funny therapist who believes therapy should get you somewhere. She works with individuals and couples on anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship stress, and most clients reach their goals in 8 to 10 sessions.
With couples, she draws on the Gottman Method to help partners see the patterns that keep them stuck and build better ways to talk, disagree, and repair. With individuals, she uses Internal Family Systems (IFS), somatic work, and Brené Brown’s research on vulnerability and shame.
“If you don’t fix it in this relationship, you’ll carry it to the next.”
Before becoming a therapist, Michelle was a teacher, coach, and director of student life, and it shows: she’s structured, encouraging, and big on practical homework (with no shame if you don’t finish it). She earned her master’s from Walden University in 2014, has lived in Spain, Costa Rica, Peru, Chile, and Mexico, and plays competitive pickleball, which led to The Dink Shrink.
Cinnamon Basco, MBA
Life Coach · Martha Beck Certified
Cinnamon has spent her life showing up for others: as an NCAA Division I basketball player at UC Riverside, a rugby player at UCLA, and for more than 20 years as a firefighter engineer for the City of Costa Mesa. She also earned her MBA with honors.
Now a Martha Beck certified life coach, she helps people navigate career changes, life transitions, and the question of what comes next. Her approach is thoughtful, grounded, and individualized. She isn’t interested in telling you who to become; she helps you reconnect with who you already are.
“You don’t have to have everything figured out to take the next step. You just have to be willing to begin.”
Explore coaching with Cinnamon
Coaching is not therapy and isn’t a substitute for mental health treatment.
What you can expect
- Online sessions anywhere in California, plus walk-and-talk therapy in Long Beach
- Morning, evening, and weekend appointments
- A clear plan and real tools, not years of talking in circles
- An LGBTQIA+ affirming space
Ready to get unstuck?
A free 20-minute call is the easiest way to see if we’re a fit. If we’re not the right people, we’ll help you find who is.
If you’re in crisis, call or text 988, or call 911.