Michelle McWilliams
Marriage & Family Therapist -
I truly believe that YOU are the expert in your life, and no amount of specialized training or skills makes me the “expert” in your journey. I’m a straight-shooter and while being kind and empathetic I will still call you on your crap if that’s what needs to happen. I come into therapy as a real person and I don’t think therapy should be stale and overly clinical. I value being approachable and honest in sessions and in life. I truly believe in the power of therapy and if you put in the time, the effort, and the work during the therapy process, you will absolutely be transformed. I will meet you right where you are at in this moment. I’m willing to invest in you… are you ready to invest in yourself?I use a strengths-based and client-centered approach with every client. I am trauma-informed and utilize a variety of evidenced based practices and theoretical orientations to best serve her clients. We call that being “eclectic” here in the therapy world.When I am not seeing clients I am collecting more plants, enjoying the goodness of the Central Valley, planning my next vacation, grabbing a delicious slice of pizza, and cooking a few family recipes here and there.
Skills and Expertise
Abandonment
Abuse / Survivors of Abuse
Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
Adjustment to College
Adult
Anger Management
Anxiety
Art
Attachment Issues
Attention Deficit (ADHD)
Behavioral Issues
Blended Family Issues
Body Image
Breakups
Bullying
Career Counseling
Caregiver Issues or Stress
Child or Adolescent
Codependency
Commitment Issues
Communication Problems
Control Issues
Coping Mechanisms
Couple Counseling
Couples therapy
Depression
Dissociation
Divorce
Divorce and Divorce Adjustment
Domestic Abuse
Domestic Violence
Emotional Abuse
Emotional Disturbance
Emptiness
Family Conflict
Family of Origin Issues
Forgiveness
grief
Guilt
Helplessness and Victimhood
Highly Sensitive Persons
Identity Issues
Impulse Control Disorders
Inadequacy
Individuation
Irritability
Isolation
Jealousy
Life Coaching
Life Purpose
Loss
Loss or Grief
Marital Therapy
Marriage Couseling
Meditation
Midlife Crisis
Mindfulness based therapy
Mood Disorders
Navigating Identity in Relationships
Oppositional Defiance
Parenting
Peer Relationships
Perfectionism
Phobias
Physical Abuse
Premarital Counseling
Relationship Issues
Self Esteem
Sexual Abuse
Sexual assault
Single Parenting Issues
Stress
teen
Teens
Trauma
Trauma and PTSD
weight-loss
Women's issue
Treatment Orientation
Art Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Cognitive Processing Therapy
Couple and Family Systems Therapy
Contemplative
DBT Informed Therapy
EMDR
Family Systems Therapy
Family/Marital Therapy
Harm Reduction
Humanistic
Interpersonal
Intervention
Marital Couple/ Family Communication Therapy
Meditation
Mindfulness
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
Motivational Interviewing
Narrative
Person Centered Therapy
Play Therapy
psychotherapy
Relational Therapy
Self-Compassion
Solution Focused Brief Therapy
Solution Focused Therapy
Telehealth-based
Therapy unique to each client
Trauma Focused Therapy
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Modality
Children
Couples
Family
Individuals