- Trauma-sensitive care
- Insight plus practical tools
- Focus on self esteem
About Michelle
Dr. Michelle White is a California psychologist with seven years of clinical experience. She has worked in both independent practice and community mental health settings. Her work focuses on practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, relationship concerns, and self esteem challenges.
She spent two years in independent practice and two years in community mental health doing individual and group therapy. Her background also includes psychological assessment work related to ADHD, autism, depression, intellectual developmental disorder, general anxiety disorder, and OCD.
Her approach blends psychodynamic ideas about early relationships and attachment with cognitive behavioral techniques. In sessions she helps people notice patterns from the past and try different, concrete ways of responding in the present. She aims for straightforward, honest conversations and clear tools that can be used between meetings.
Dr. White emphasizes a trauma-sensitive stance when addressing difficult memories or painful experiences. She also focuses on building self-compassion and practical skills for coping with loneliness, social anxiety, abandonment fears, and sexual assault or abuse impacts.
People who want a balance of insight and skills work may find her style helpful. She frames the client as the expert on their own story and offers collaborative guidance to make gradual change more reachable.
She spent two years in independent practice and two years in community mental health doing individual and group therapy. Her background also includes psychological assessment work related to ADHD, autism, depression, intellectual developmental disorder, general anxiety disorder, and OCD.
Her approach blends psychodynamic ideas about early relationships and attachment with cognitive behavioral techniques. In sessions she helps people notice patterns from the past and try different, concrete ways of responding in the present. She aims for straightforward, honest conversations and clear tools that can be used between meetings.
Dr. White emphasizes a trauma-sensitive stance when addressing difficult memories or painful experiences. She also focuses on building self-compassion and practical skills for coping with loneliness, social anxiety, abandonment fears, and sexual assault or abuse impacts.
People who want a balance of insight and skills work may find her style helpful. She frames the client as the expert on their own story and offers collaborative guidance to make gradual change more reachable.