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Mental Health Counselor / Therapist in Los Angeles, CA

Michelle Harwell Therapy

Michelle Harwell Therapy | Mental Health Counselor / Therapist photo
Relationships are the foundation of life. As children, adults, and families, we all face challenges and experience traumatic events which shape our personalities and behavior. Michelle is committed to restoring lives shaken by stress and personal obstacles. Her work helps people overcome traumatic events, reestablish healthy attachments, and restore the connections and trust essential to fulfilling lives and relationships.

Michelle's specialization is in the treatment of issues arising from the foster/adoption experience. She has dedicated her postgraduate training to the areas of development, attachment, neuroscience, and psychoanalysis. She works from an attachment perspective to help adoptive families, adoptees, parents, and individuals build secure and trusting relationships.

Michelle Harwell MFT, is a well-respected licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and speaker on attachment, trauma, and early childhood development.
Education/Training
Newport Psychoanalytic Institute
PsyD Candidate
2011 – 2016

Fuller Theological Seminary
Masters of Marriage and Family Therapy
2006 – 2008

Fuller Theological Seminary
Masters of Theology, Youth, Family, Culture
2003 – 2005


University of Oklahoma
Bachelors in English Literature
1998 – 2002
Payments Accepted
Cash, Check, Credit Cards
License:MFC: 57032
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Practice Areas/Issues Treated
 Therapy  Loneliness
 Adoption  Marriage & Family Therapy
 Anger Management  Marriage Counseling
 Anxiety and Panic  Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
 Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)  Online / Teletherapy
 Body Image Issues  Play Therapy
 Caregiver Issues  Pre and Postpartum Mental Health
 Children's Counseling  Psychoanalysis
 Chronic Illness  Relationship Issues
 Couples  Self-Esteem Issues
 Depression  Seniors and Elder Care Issues
 Divorce  Stress Management
 Eating Disorders  Trauma and PTSD
 Grief and Loss  Work and Career Issues
 Life Transitions
Licenses/Certifications
 Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
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