Michele Caban, LMFT

Michele Caban is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California with 35 years of professional experience. She focuses on straightforward, practical help for stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and relationship concerns. Michele meets people where they are and works from their strengths to address the problems that brought them to therapy.

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to teach skills for managing upsetting thoughts and strong emotions. She also draws on Attachment-Based and Client-Centered approaches to improve connection and communication in close relationships. Mindfulness techniques are woven into sessions to help people pause and respond rather than react.

Michele helps people sort through relationship problems such as communication breakdowns, infidelity, blended family challenges, and divorce or separation. She also supports those dealing with caregiver stress, isolation, guilt and shame, and life purpose concerns. Practical coping tools and step-by-step plans are common parts of her work.

Her style is collaborative and respectful. She values each person’s story and emphasizes small, doable changes that build confidence. Michele encourages clients to notice what already works and to try new behaviors between sessions.

People who prefer talking through experiences in a calm, matter-of-fact way often find her approach helpful. Michele works in English and accepts international clients for sessions offered through online formats and phone options.

How Michele’s approaches translate to online therapy

Michele blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people in online sessions. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and depression. ACT encourages noticing thoughts and values-driven action so people can keep living despite hard feelings.

She also uses Attachment-Based ideas to look at how relationship patterns affect current struggles and to practice new ways of relating. Michele treats the selection of methods as a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and together they decide which approaches to try first.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people work face-to-face when that feels useful. Phone visits can be a simpler option when bandwidth or being on camera is difficult. Live chat and text messaging are practical for brief check-ins, homework support, or when someone needs frequent touchpoints between scheduled meetings.

These options aim to make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping work focused on skills, relationship patterns, and values-based changes.