About Michelle
Michelle Varady is a licensed clinical social worker with ten years of practice in California. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with anxiety, stress, addiction, mood concerns, and life transitions. Her approach centers on practical skills and steady support, delivered in straightforward language that’s easy to follow.
She uses methods drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try new behaviors. Dialectical behavior therapy tools are used for managing strong emotions and improving coping.
Background and approach
Somatic techniques are offered to help people feel calmer in their bodies when anxiety or trauma symptoms arise. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. The therapist listens for what matters most, then helps set small, doable goals.
Homework and short exercises are often suggested so people can practice new ways of responding between sessions. Michelle brings experience working with concerns such as depression, grief, sleep problems, panic, ADHD, and substance use. She also supports work on self-esteem, communication problems, and struggles with guilt or shame.
This breadth helps when problems overlap and feel complex. Therapy can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging. English-language sessions are offered, and international clients may be seen.
Costs vary by location and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Michelle commonly draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and mindfulness to address anxiety and related struggles. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying thought and behavior patterns that keep problems going and practicing small changes to get different results. Dialectical behavior therapy teaches skills for tolerating intense emotions, regulating mood, and improving interpersonal effectiveness. Mindfulness therapy helps people notice thoughts and bodily sensations with less judgment so they can respond more calmly.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. She partners with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That often means trying a few techniques, checking what helps, and adjusting over time so therapy stays useful and focused on concrete improvements.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice, phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for short check-ins, and text messaging lets people send updates or questions between sessions. These options give flexibility while keeping sessions practical and goal oriented.
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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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