Michelle Weber, LMFT

Michelle Weber is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in New York. She focuses on helping people who are overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, or parenting challenges. Michelle also works with concerns like trauma, grief, addiction, self-esteem, and intimacy issues.

Her approach blends practical, evidence-informed methods. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a regular part of her work, along with emotionally-focused ideas and mindfulness. She uses these tools to help people change unhelpful thoughts, notice patterns in relationships, and build small skills that make daily life easier.

Michelle draws on three years of clinical experience to offer straightforward goals and steps clients can try between sessions. She aims to create a respectful and steady environment where people can take things at their own pace. Sessions often include skill practice, communication work, and steps to manage strong feelings.

For couples or partners, she uses elements of the Gottman Method to address conflict, improve connection, and set shared goals. Narrative techniques are used when reframing difficult life stories helps reduce shame or guilt. Mindfulness practices support grounding and stress management.

Michelle works with adults on career concerns, body image, postpartum mood changes, seasonal mood shifts, and relationship betrayals like infidelity. She helps people rebuild trust in themselves and others while setting realistic, hopeful plans for the future.

How CBT, EFT, and Gottman Work Online

Michelle commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; CBT often includes practical exercises and short experiments to try between sessions. Emotionally-Focused Therapy is used to identify and name core emotions that drive relationship patterns and to build stronger emotional connection with a partner. The Gottman Method focuses on communication skills, conflict management, and shared goals to improve daily interactions between partners.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Michelle will work with each person to pick methods that match their goals, comfort level, and pace. She adjusts tools over time based on what is helpful and what the client prefers.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and role-play exercises, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat can help with brief check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family life, or busy days while keeping the focus on practical skill-building and relationship work.