About Michelle
Michelle Varady is a licensed clinical social worker who brings ten years of clinical experience in California to her practice. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, addiction, mood swings, sleep problems, and phobias. Michelle aims to make therapy practical and approachable for everyday life.
She uses hands-on strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and change habits. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are offered for emotion regulation and crisis coping.
Background and approach
Mindfulness and somatic methods help people reconnect with bodily signals and reduce tension. In sessions Michelle keeps language simple and concrete. She helps people set small goals, try new coping tools, and notice what does and doesn’t work.
The emphasis is on steady progress rather than fast fixes. Michelle has worked with people facing grief, trauma and abuse, relationship struggles like codependency, and addictions related to drugs and alcohol. She also supports those coping with midlife shifts, aging concerns, attention differences, and panic or mood disorders.
Sessions are available in English and can be delivered through video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Michelle works with clients individually to tailor approaches for their situation and goals. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is used to connect people with an appropriate plan.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Michelle commonly draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and somatic therapy when working online. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, phobias, and mood symptoms. Somatic therapy pays attention to body sensations and teaches ways to lower physical tension that often accompanies trauma or panic.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michelle will listen to your goals, worries, and day-to-day challenges, then suggest techniques to try together. That choice is collaborative and can shift as progress is made or needs change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and guided exercises. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging offer brief, flexible support between appointments or for people who prefer written conversation. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to practice skills in real time.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Nevada, California
- Languages
- English
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