- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Blended family issues
About Michelle
Dr. Michelle Coble is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California with 16 years of professional experience. She holds a doctorate in health sciences and has worked in leadership roles in community behavioral health. She helps people with stress, anxiety, addictions, parenting concerns, and self-esteem and coaching needs.
She focuses on common family and relationship strains that affect individuals, including blended family issues, communication problems, and divorce or separation. She also addresses attachment concerns, codependency, abandonment, and caregiver stress. Sessions are practical and aimed at building skills to handle everyday pressures.
Her approach draws on several evidence-informed methods. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take manageable steps toward them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop different behavioral experiments. Emotionally-Focused and Dialectical Behavior Therapy ideas also inform her work around intense emotions and relationship interactions.
In sessions she listens, reflects, and offers concrete strategies for coping and decision making. She helps people work through guilt, shame, impulsivity, and problems that come from family of origin issues. For parents and stepparents, she focuses on communication, boundaries, and practical routines that reduce daily stress.
Her background in community behavioral health informs a straightforward style. She asks clear questions, sets short-term goals when useful, and checks progress. To begin, prospective clients complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How her therapies translate to online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, value-based steps. Online ACT sessions often include exercises that identify values and short behavioral practices to try between meetings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small experiments. In remote sessions that can mean practicing brief behavioral tasks, reviewing thought records, and planning specific actions for the week.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will discuss your goals, try methods that suit your needs, and adjust based on what helps. Sessions are conversational and practical, with homework or exercises when helpful. The process is about finding what fits your situation rather than applying a single method.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into daily life - for example a shorter check-in during a lunch break, avoiding travel time, or choosing a phone call when bandwidth is limited. These practical advantages help people maintain consistency around work and family obligations.
Areas of expertise
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Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
16+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, parenting challenges, self-esteem and related issues such as attachment and blended family concerns.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses practical, skills-based methods drawing on ACT, CBT, EFT and DBT ideas to help people manage emotions and change behaviors.
How much experience does she have?
She has 16 years of professional experience and holds a doctorate in health sciences alongside her clinical social work practice.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a California Licensed Clinical Social Worker (CA LCSW) practicing in California.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions scheduled and what about cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.