About Michelle

A Life of Deep Listening

Carl Jung, depth psychologist, c. 1910

For over fifteen years, Michelle has been working with individuals to deepen their relationship with the unconscious: the hidden currents that shape dreams, moods, relationships, and the stories we tell about ourselves.

Trained in the Jungian tradition, Michelle’s approach is rooted in the belief that each person carries within them a natural movement toward wholeness, what Jung called individuation. The task of therapy is not to “fix” something broken, but to create the conditions for that deeper self to emerge.

She works primarily in a depth-oriented, non-directive way: listening not just to what is said, but to the spaces between, the repetitions, the dreams, and the emotions that linger after a session ends.

Credentials & Training

Education

  • Ph.D. in Depth Psychology, Pacifica Graduate Institute
  • M.A. in Analytical Psychology, C.G. Jung Institute Zurich
  • B.A. in Psychology, Stanford University

Training & Certification

  • Training Analyst, C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco
  • Member, Jungian Psychoanalytic Association
  • Member, International Association for Analytical Psychology

Areas of Focus

  • Depth psychology and the unconscious
  • Dream analysis and active imagination
  • Midlife and the individuation process
  • Shadow work and integration
  • Archetypal patterns and mythic themes

On the Work

Michelle believes that the deepest work happens in the space between two people, a space where the analyst holds the patient’s experience with care, without rushing to interpret or fix. In that space, something unexpected can emerge: the patient begins to see themselves differently. Not because they’ve been told to. Because they’ve been seen.

Technique is beside the point. What matters is presence, the patient’s and the analyst’s, each offering the other something real.

“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.”

— Carl Jung

Would You Like to Work Together?

The work begins with a conversation: no agenda, no pressure. Just a chance to see if it’s a fit.

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