Therapist Profile

Name:
Linda W. Michels, M.A.
Professional Title:
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Email:
Email
Location:
3368 Sacramento Street San Francisco, CA 94118
Phone:
(415) 567-5095
Website:
www.sanfranciscotherapist-lindamichels.com
License Number
LMFT18469
Practicing Since:
1984
Additional Licenses:
MFT

Personal Statement

Personal Statement:
I think people know what would make them happy but don’t know how to make it happen. People stop themselves from moving forward thinking they can’t do or don’t deserve to get their own needs met. I can help you overcome blocks, fears, guilt, depression, and/or self-defeating behaviors so you can free yourself to be happy and more successful. I enjoy and have great success working with individuals and couples (gay, lesbian, straight, intermarried, blended families.) Much stress at work and home is due to relationship challenges. Therapy is particularly helpful with problems at work and in transitional times (engagement, marriage, child birth, empty nest, divorce, illness, and job loss).

My patients like me because I am relaxed, friendly, and helpful. I am professional and experienced which engenders trust and confidence. You should like coming to therapy because it makes a big difference in your life. Even when difficult, therapy is rewarding.

About My Practice

Office Hours
By Appointment 10:30 am to 8:30 pm
Services
Individual, Couple and Family Therapy
Insurance
Credit Cards Accepted
None
Free Initial Consult
No
Offers Teletherapy
None

Education

Degrees
M.A., John F. Kennedy University, 1981 B.A., Psychology, California State University

Area of Specialty

Specialites:
Anxiety
Assertiveness Training
Avoidant Personality
Career Stress and Changes
CoDependant/Adult Children of Alcoholics
Communication Skills
Couples
Crisis Intervention
Depression/Clinical Depression
Divorce/Dissolution
Elder/Geriatrics/Gerontology
Employment Issues
Families
Gay/Lesbian/Bi/Questioning
Grief/Loss Terminally Ill
Issues of Abuse (Abused)
Infertility/Adoption/Pregnancy
Individual
Life Transitions/Mid-Life Issues
Men's Issues
Obsessive/Compulsive Disorder
Parenting
Pre-Marriage Counseling
PsychoEducational
Post Traumatic Stress Disorders
Relationships
Religious/Spiritual Orientation
Self Esteem/Personal Growth
Single Parents
Step/Blended Families
Stress
Women's Issues

Other

Theoretical Orientation
Brief/Solution Focused Therapy
Cognitive-Behavioral
Cognitive
Control Mastery
Family Systems
Psychodynamic
Systems
Certifications
Languages Spoken
English
Ethnicity
Caucasian (Non-Hispanic)

Featured Therapist 

Victoria Sibayan, M.A.

Victoria Sibayan, M.A.

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Lodi, CA 95240

If you are thinking about therapy, let me first commend you. I know it can be hard to think about sharing your problems with someone else. But something I have learned by working in this field and from my life is that problems are to be shared. We are all in this together. I try to take a balanced approach in therapy between acceptance and change.


View Profile

Find a Therapist