Michele Caban, LMFT

Therapist in California

Michele Caban is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 35 years of professional experience.

Licensed inCalifornia
License38244
NPI 1255492740
Experience35+ years
LanguagesEnglish

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About Michele

Michele Caban is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 35 years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression in straightforward, practical ways. Her approach centers on attachment-based ideas that look at how early relationships shape current patterns.

Michele combines that perspective with acceptance and commitment techniques to help people clarify values and take small, meaningful steps.

Background and approach

She also uses client-centered listening and cognitive behavioral tools to address negative thoughts and unhelpful behaviors. Therapy sessions start by identifying what matters most to the person seeking help. Michele listens for strengths and resources already in a person's life.

Together they build doable strategies for everyday problems, like improving communication or coping with loss. She draws on decades of experience to keep interventions simple and usable. Michele pays attention to cultural and life-context factors that affect a person’s choices and mood.

She works at a measured pace and adjusts methods to fit each person’s needs. Michele welcomes people who want practical support and honest conversation about change. She guides clients toward clearer goals, better coping skills, and more satisfying ways of relating to themselves and others.

Credentials

LMFT (California): License 38244 · expires September 2026
NPI: 1255492740 · national provider identifier

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Focus areas and approaches

Everything Michele lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Depression
Attachment issues
Blended family issues
Caregiver issues and stress
Communication problems
Divorce and separation
Family problems
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
HIV / AIDS
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Men's issues
Multicultural concerns
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Post-traumatic stress
Self-love
Sexuality
Women's issues

Approaches Michele names

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Online support

Attachment and Action Online: Practical Approaches for Everyday Life

Michele uses attachment-based ideas to look at how relationship patterns influence current struggles. This approach helps people notice how early bonds affect trust, communication, and emotional reactions in close relationships. It can be useful for addressing attachment issues, insecurity, and repeated relationship patterns.

She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people identify their values and take committed steps toward them. ACT focuses on accepting difficult feelings while building behaviors that match what matters most, which is helpful for anxiety, depression, and life transition work. Her client-centered stance means sessions begin with listening and working at the person’s pace before adding skills like cognitive behavioral techniques or mindfulness practices.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Michele will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and lifestyle. She pays attention to preferences, cultural context, and what feels doable, adjusting plans as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video can mirror an in-person conversation, phone is useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports short check-ins, and messaging works for ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping the focus on practical change and coping skills.

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Frequently asked

What concerns does Michele commonly address?

She helps with stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression along with related issues like attachment problems, caregiver stress, and communication difficulties.

What is her therapeutic style like?

She blends attachment-based ideas with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, client-centered listening, CBT, and mindfulness to keep sessions practical and focused on real-life change.

How much experience does she have?

She has 35 years of professional experience working with a range of stress and relationship concerns.

Where is she licensed and located?

She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) licensed in California.

Which languages are supported in sessions?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

Therapy can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How does cost and billing work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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