Michelle Sheriff is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker specializing in family therapy. She earned her Master’s Degree in Social Work from Boston University with a focus on trauma and violence and her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from University of Rochester. Michelle has a broad range of clinical experience, including working in elementary and middle schools in educational and counseling roles, implementing mental health programming in high schools across New York state, and conducting research on the impact of parental conflict on children’s mental health. For over six years, Michelle served as an in-home therapy clinician, providing intensive family therapy to youth facing chronic mental health challenges and their families, utilizing a variety of family therapy approaches. Michelle has built strong collaborative relationships with schools, hospitals, state agencies, and community organizations to create comprehensive support systems for families. Michelle also has experience as a clinical supervisor for in-home therapy clinicians, providing weekly supervision and fostering a collaborative, professional development-focused environment. Michelle brings creativity, warmth, compassion, art, and music to her work with individuals and families, supporting clients facing challenges such as anxiety, depression, trauma, adoption, divorce, and relationship building. Her therapeutic approach blends cognitive-behavioral, solution-focused, narrative, strategic, and structural family therapy.
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