Stop blowing up your life.
Start Building the One You Deserve.
Real therapy for women in California ready to break cycles of CPTSD & BPD, regulate emotions, and create healthier relationships.
Life really can get better!
It’s exhausting to feel stuck in the same cycles—whether you find yourself lashing out, shutting down, or sinking into shame after another conflict.
For women navigating CPTSD and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), that inner chaos often feels heavy and impossible to manage. You may be tired of walking on eggshells around others, over-giving, or losing yourself in your closest relationships. Healing doesn't mean becoming someone different; it means coming back to yourself with more steadiness, self-compassion, and grounded stability.
My approach is rooted in evidence-based tools like DBT, EMDR, and Somatic therapy, offering the direct, compassionate support you need to finally break free from emotional pain and build a life that is truly, sustainably yours.
You’ll gain the tools to manage emotional pain, develop healthy coping strategies, and create lasting change.
With the right support, you can overcome the challenges of trauma and BPD and rebuild your life.
My Specialities
I know what it feels like to be overwhelmed, to struggle with negative self-talk, and to be triggered easily. Through navigating my own journey of recovery from childhood trauma and challenges with substance use, I’ve learned how to be present with my emotions, heal from tremendous pain and grief, and build a better life. I know recovery is possible because I’ve lived it.
Now I focus on guiding my clients along their own healing journeys. Through 15+ years of clinical training and practice, I’ve developed a wide variety of tools to help my clients overcome their painful pasts, let go of old habits, and build lives that bring them joy and fulfillment. I use a combination of DBT, psychodynamic, and somatic techniques, including EMDR, to help my clients transform their pain into powerful healing that supports them in creating the lives they want.
- Elle Michel, LMFT
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Take the first step toward healing today
You deserve a life of peace and fulfillment—and you don’t have to face these challenges alone. Support is within reach. Reach out today for compassionate, personalized therapy to help you reconnect with yourself and begin to truly thrive.
