Michelle Garibaldi

Michelle Garibaldi is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who helps people manage anger, stress, anxiety, and relationship strain. She has 23 years of experience and works with concerns such as trauma, grief, addictions, sleep trouble, parenting strain, and self-esteem. Michelle aims to help people set clear goals and move toward them in straightforward ways.

Her style is warm and empathic. She works alongside clients in a collaborative way and focuses on practical steps that lead to measurable change. Sessions combine listening with active techniques so people can notice progress between meetings.

Michelle draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy to help people change unhelpful thought patterns and build coping skills. She also uses elements of Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Narrative Therapy to support people facing life transitions and deeper meaning questions.

She practices in California as an LMFT, guiding people through family and relationship concerns, trauma and survivor work, grief, and parenting challenges. Michelle also supports work-related stress, compassion fatigue, career transitions, and issues connected to aging and caregiving.

In sessions, she helps people identify practical steps, try new behaviors, and reflect on what matters most. The aim is clearer choices, fewer reactive moments, and more confidence in daily life. People who want focused, goal-oriented support often find this approach useful.

How therapeutic approaches fit into online work

Michelle commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is hands-on and often focuses on homework and practical experiments between sessions to reduce anger and anxiety.

She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which centers the conversation on the person's experience. That approach emphasizes empathic listening, reflecting what matters, and supporting a person's own pace of change.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust those choices as progress is made.

Confirm the current session options before booking, since formats are not specified here. Online work can make scheduling easier and help therapy fit into busy lives. It can allow shorter check-ins, flexible timing around work or caregiving, and fewer travel delays. Licensed professionals can tailor session pacing and homework to work well in an online setting while keeping the focus on real-life change.