Michelle Lopez Clark, M.A., LPCC, NCC

Founder & Clinical Director

Pronouns: She/Her/Siya
Languages:
English, Tagalog
Location:
online across California
Phone:
(949) 407-9491
Email:
info@narrapsychotherapy.com

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  • Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, LPCC 16591
    National Certified Counselor, NCC 884195

  • Couples Therapy: $275 per 50-minute session

    Individual Therapy: $225 per 50-minute session

    Clinical Consultation:
    $180 per 50-minute session

    We offer a limited number of sliding scale slots for therapy appointments. Please inquire for availability.

    • Trauma and Complex Trauma

    • Intergenerational Trauma

    • Relationship Challenges

    • Premarital Counseling

    • Marriage Counseling

    • Life Transitions

    • Grief and Loss

    • Family and Relational Dynamics

    • Cultural Identity

    • Self-Esteem

  • Psychodynamic Theory
    Gestalt Therapy
    Attachment Theory
    Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT)
    The Gottman Method of Couples Therapy

    • Perinatal Mood Disorders: Components of Care (2024)

    • The Gottman Institute’s Bringing Baby Home for Educators (2019 & 2023)

    • Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy Core Skills (2018)

    • Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy Externship (2017)

    • The Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 1 (2017)

    • Humanistic Sandtray Therapy Level 1 & 2 (2016)

  • Education:
    M.A., Clinical Mental Health Counseling,
    Marymount University, Virginia

    Affiliations:
    National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC)
    California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT)
    Mu Upsilon Gamma Chapter of Chi Sigma Iota, International Counseling Honor Society

Michelle Lopez Clark is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) and National Certified Counselor (NCC), and the founder of Narra Psychotherapy. She has been practicing psychotherapy since 2017 and provides trauma-informed, culturally responsive psychotherapy to adults and couples. Michelle’s work is grounded in a deep curiosity about human behavior and relationships—how individuals come to understand themselves, heal from relational wounds, and cultivate meaningful connection.

Michelle offers a safe, empathetic, and collaborative therapeutic space, supporting clients in bringing unconscious patterns into awareness so that healing, integration, and growth can occur. Her clinical approach is depth-oriented, trauma-informed, attachment-based, and humanistic, often integrating inner child work to address early relational experiences that continue to shape present-day functioning. Drawing from her bicultural background, Michelle is especially attuned to cultural identity, intergenerational dynamics, and the psychological impact of early environments.

In her psychotherapy work, Michelle supports individuals and couples seeking greater emotional clarity, relational fulfillment, and inner peace. She tailors therapy to each client’s unique needs, remaining responsive to the complexity of trauma histories, attachment patterns, and identity development across the lifespan.

In addition to psychotherapy, Michelle offers individual clinical consultation to licensed therapists working with adults and couples. Grounded in psychodynamic theory, attachment frameworks, and cultural humility, her consultation work is relational and reflective. Michelle supports clinicians in exploring countertransference, deepening clinical formulation, navigating stuck points, and managing complex therapeutic dynamics with clarity, confidence, and alignment with their professional values.

Alongside her clinical practice, Michelle is a Bringing Baby Home Educator trained by The Gottman Institute, the author of the children’s book WITH YOU, and occasionally serves as an adjunct professor in a Marriage and Family Therapy graduate program. Through her leadership at Narra Psychotherapy, Michelle remains committed to thoughtful, ethical, and culturally responsive care for both clients and clinicians.

Work with Michelle

Michelle is accepting clients for short-term therapy at this time as she will be on maternity leave mid-April. Michelle offers couples therapy at $275, individual therapy at $225, and clinical consultation at $180.