Dr. Michelle White, CA Psychologist 33651

Dr. Michelle White is a California psychologist with seven years of clinical experience. She has worked in both private practice and community mental health settings, offering individual and group psychotherapy along with psychological assessment services. Dr. White focuses on creating straightforward, supportive care that helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and the effects of trauma.

Her background includes assessment work related to ADHD, autism, depression, intellectual developmental disorder, general anxiety disorder, and OCD. That experience informs how she approaches treatment planning and goal setting. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, using practical strategies to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.

Dr. White also brings a psychodynamic perspective grounded in object relations and attachment ideas. This helps when people want to look at how early relationships shape current patterns and emotional responses. She aims to balance insight about past influences with steps that change day-to-day functioning.

People who meet with her can expect a collaborative approach. She emphasizes client strengths and treats the person as the expert on their own life while offering clinical guidance. Sessions tend to be clear, goal-focused, and paced to the individual’s needs.

For those coping with relationship strain, abandonment worries, isolation, or social anxiety, she helps identify manageable steps forward. She also supports work on self-esteem, self-love, and recovery after sexual assault and abuse. Her style is direct but warm, focused on practical change as well as understanding.

How CBT and Psychodynamic Work Online

Dr. White uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT sessions often include clear strategies and exercises you can try between meetings to reduce anxiety, improve mood, or manage ADHD-related challenges.

She also draws on psychodynamic approaches that look at how early relationships and attachment patterns shape current feelings and reactions. These conversations can help make sense of repeated patterns and support longer-term emotional change.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. She will review your goals and preferences and recommend either short-term skill-based work, a deeper exploratory focus, or a blend of both. The plan can be adjusted as progress is made so the approach fits what you need.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for full conversations and exercises, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a quicker check-in, and text messaging helps maintain momentum between sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and can fit therapy into a busy life.