About Michelle
Michelle Varady is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with ten years of experience helping people in California and beyond. She focuses on stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, low self-esteem, depression, grief, sleep problems, bipolar mood concerns, coping with life changes, and ADHD. Michelle speaks English and works with international clients as well.
She combines practical tools with an emphasis on understanding how past wounds influence present behavior. Sessions often include concrete skills from cognitive behavioral therapy to change unhelpful thoughts and patterns.
Background and approach
Dialectical behavior strategies and mindfulness practices are used to manage intense emotions and reduce reactivity. Michelle also brings somatic ideas into sessions to help people notice how their body holds stress or trauma. She aims to make therapy feel straightforward and manageable, with steps people can try between meetings.
Her background as an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - informs a broad view of emotional and life challenges. Over a decade of practice has given her experience with addiction-related concerns, mood disorders, panic, personality issues, and complex grief. She frames work as collaborative and values the client’s own knowledge about their life.
Michelle prefers clear goals and measurable progress while remaining flexible to changing needs. Sessions are offered through video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. The service uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on availability.
How Michelle’s approaches work in online therapy
CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It helps with anxiety, depression, panic, and patterns that keep people stuck by teaching practical exercises and homework to practice between sessions.DBT, or dialectical behavior therapy, teaches skills for managing intense emotions and improving distress tolerance. It includes techniques for emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and staying grounded during crises. Mindfulness therapy supports noticing thoughts and body sensations without judgment to reduce reactivity and improve focus.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will listen to goals and concerns, try methods that match those needs, and adjust plans over time. Clients and therapist check progress together and shift strategies when something is not working.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and skill practice. Phone sessions work well when a quieter space is needed or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text are useful for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or when typing feels easier than talking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep continuity during changes in routine.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- 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