Dr. Lidia Michel

I love helping both children and adults to cope better with stress, feel more hopeful about the future, and to process difficult moments from the past. Many of my clients have the goal to start living a life that aligns with their values; getting closer to what really matters to them. I see the goal of therapy as helping a client to live, work, learn, and play more freely. That might mean helping a child be brave enough to speak in front of their classmates or help an adult learn to set boundaries in their relationships.

I'm a lifelong learner who has many specialties, but my primary specialties would include Exposure and Response Prevention (Anxiety and OCD), Cognitive Processing Therapy (PTSD), ACT (Depression), Theraplay (children 0-5), treatments for neurodiverse peoples (ADHD and ASD), and Psychological Testing. I can also offer services in Spanish and English.

I appreciate the bravery it took to search for a therapist, and I hope I get the chance to help you and your family carve the next step forward. You are welcome to message me with questions or to set up a quick consult call to see what it'd be like to work with me. I guarantee I will respond to your inquiry within 2 business days.

Depending on whether I am seeing an adult or a child and their presenting problem, I will introduce you to tools that use talking, doing, writing, or playing as vehicles to help you shape more helpful thoughts and actions, and regulate emotional states.

We would first meet together to have you share your story in your own words. Next, we would decide on what successful treatment would mean for you. Then, we'd decide on what pace and what strategies fit best for you and get started by meeting weekly or biweekly. Most of my clients report noticing positive changes after about 4 sessions.