- Psychodynamic approach
- CBT techniques
- Focus on depression
About Michelle
Dr. Michelle White is a California psychologist with seven years of professional experience. She has worked in both private practice and community mental health settings. She focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, ADHD, and relationship and self-esteem concerns.
Her background includes individual and group psychotherapy and experience with psychological assessment. She draws on psychodynamic ideas about attachment and object relations to understand how early relationships shape current difficulties. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
In sessions she emphasizes the client’s own knowledge of their life and strengths. She aims to create space for people to tell their story and to try practical steps that can ease daily struggles. She describes taking the first step toward therapy as an act of courage.
Her work includes attention to abandonment, attachment issues, isolation and loneliness, and self-love. She also supports people who have experienced sexual assault and abuse and those coping with social anxiety and phobia.
Dr. White frames therapy as a collaborative process. She listens for patterns that keep problems repeating and then helps people test new ways of thinking and relating. The mix of psychodynamic reflection and cognitive behavioral practice is meant to help clients make changes that fit their lives.
Her background includes individual and group psychotherapy and experience with psychological assessment. She draws on psychodynamic ideas about attachment and object relations to understand how early relationships shape current difficulties. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
In sessions she emphasizes the client’s own knowledge of their life and strengths. She aims to create space for people to tell their story and to try practical steps that can ease daily struggles. She describes taking the first step toward therapy as an act of courage.
Her work includes attention to abandonment, attachment issues, isolation and loneliness, and self-love. She also supports people who have experienced sexual assault and abuse and those coping with social anxiety and phobia.
Dr. White frames therapy as a collaborative process. She listens for patterns that keep problems repeating and then helps people test new ways of thinking and relating. The mix of psychodynamic reflection and cognitive behavioral practice is meant to help clients make changes that fit their lives.
This summary is based on the profile information listed on BetterHelp.