- Cognitive behavioral skills
- Focus on depression
- 28 years experience
About Michele
Michele Rowland-Bird is a licensed clinical social worker with 28 years of practice in California who helps people facing depression, anxiety, and life stress. She listens closely and creates a calm space where clients can talk through what feels hardest. Michele encourages practical steps people can try between sessions to make small, steady changes in daily life.
Her work often focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing them against real-life evidence. Michele teaches cognitive behavioral skills that help people notice and shift distorted thoughts. When thoughts change, feelings and actions often follow, opening a path for new experiences and healing.
Over nearly three decades she has worked with children, adults, and people who have been in the foster care system. That variety has shaped a flexible, down-to-earth style that fits many different concerns. Michele also supports people dealing with grief, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, relationship challenges, self-harm, and career or self-esteem struggles.
She explains techniques clearly and uses short, practical exercises so clients can practice between sessions. Michele emphasizes collaboration and sets goals together with each person she sees. She does not offer messaging therapy or couples therapy, and she works in English.
Starting therapy can feel daunting, and Michele aims to make the first steps straightforward. She invites people to begin by answering a brief matching questionnaire and then scheduling a session when ready.
Her work often focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing them against real-life evidence. Michele teaches cognitive behavioral skills that help people notice and shift distorted thoughts. When thoughts change, feelings and actions often follow, opening a path for new experiences and healing.
Over nearly three decades she has worked with children, adults, and people who have been in the foster care system. That variety has shaped a flexible, down-to-earth style that fits many different concerns. Michele also supports people dealing with grief, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, relationship challenges, self-harm, and career or self-esteem struggles.
She explains techniques clearly and uses short, practical exercises so clients can practice between sessions. Michele emphasizes collaboration and sets goals together with each person she sees. She does not offer messaging therapy or couples therapy, and she works in English.
Starting therapy can feel daunting, and Michele aims to make the first steps straightforward. She invites people to begin by answering a brief matching questionnaire and then scheduling a session when ready.
This summary is based on the profile information listed on BetterHelp.