Michelle (Sheli) Miller, LCSW

Michelle (Sheli) Miller is an LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) who was born and raised in the Bay Area, California, and who brings both personal insight and professional training to her work. Her decision to become a therapist grew out of a desire to understand and make sense of her own life story - the early challenges she faced, what patterns came from childhood, and what skills could be developed in adulthood to create greater emotional stability and healthier relationships with family, partners, colleagues, and self.

Sheli approaches therapy with sensitivity, respect, careful listening, and a nonjudgmental stance. She places great value on learning from each person’s perspective and has worked with people from diverse cultural, religious, and ethnic backgrounds. Her experience spans older adults, incarcerated youth and adults, college students, LGBTQQIA+ individuals, multi-cross cultural and blended families, and many others navigating medical, educational, mental health, and everyday life challenges.

Her clinical background is eclectic and includes providing therapy and mental health education to individuals, couples, families, groups, and communities in settings such as domestic violence centers, hospitals, community agencies, youth organizations, and private practice. Sheli uses a strength-based framework and draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Mindfulness, Motivational Interviewing, Positive Psychology, and Family Structural Systems to tailor care. Having benefited from her own therapeutic process, she aims to help others reach actionable goals and a stronger sense of well-being.