Michelle North, LMFT
California · 13 years in practice
Michelle North is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, and life changes.
License and registration
- LMFT, California
- 87958 · expires February 2027
- NPI
- 1952603037 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 13
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Michelle
Michelle North is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, and life changes. She also supports those coping with fertility and parenting concerns, ADHD, sleep problems, low self-esteem, career questions, and compassion fatigue. Michelle writes plainly and aims to make sessions easy to follow for a worried parent reading on a phone.
She begins by listening to each person’s story and current concerns.
Background and approach
Conversations are tailored to what matters most right now. Michelle uses clear questions and practical steps so clients can try new ways of feeling and relating between sessions. Her approach draws on Jungian ideas about meaning and symbols, attachment-based work that looks at relationship patterns, and client-centered methods that follow the client’s pace.
She may also use cognitive behavioral tools and existential questions when they fit the issue at hand. Michelle has worked in the field for 13 years. She holds the LMFT credential, which indicates licensure as a marriage and family therapist in California.
Her background includes grief, loss, life transitions, and fertility-related concerns among other focuses. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented without rushing the process. Michelle aims to help clients find clearer direction, more stable moods, and better ways to handle relationship and life stresses.
She supports people who want to make practical changes and find deeper meaning in their lives.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Michelle lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Family of origin issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Michelle names
- Jungian Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Jungian Therapy looks at personal symbols, dreams, and life stories to help people find meaning and purpose during transitions or grief. It can be useful when someone wants to understand deeper patterns and symbolic themes in their life.Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationship patterns affect current connections and reactions. This approach helps people notice automatic ways of relating and practice new, healthier patterns for intimacy and trust.
Client-Centered Therapy centers sessions on the person’s own goals and pace, offering empathic listening and reflection so clients lead the process. It is a good fit for people who need a steady, supportive space to sort priorities and feelings.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try approaches that fit those aims, and adjust methods based on what helps most. This is a collaborative process where the person’s preferences and needs guide the direction.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video can support face-to-face feeling and visual cues, phone calls use less bandwidth, live chat or texting suit quick check-ins or times when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit sessions around work, school, or caregiving responsibilities while still working with a licensed professional.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does this therapist help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, grief, life changes, infertility concerns, ADHD, sleep problems, self-esteem, career stress, and compassion fatigue.
What is the therapist's general style in sessions?
Sessions are conversational and client-led, with an emphasis on listening first, then setting clear, practical steps to try between meetings.
What is her professional background?
She has 13 years of professional experience working in the field and focuses on grief, loss, life transitions, and related areas.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the LMFT credential and is licensed in California as a marriage and family therapist.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
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