Michelle Maciel

About Michelle

Michelle Maciel, Ph.D is a Psychologist who graduated from California School of Professional Psychology, in 2012. As a seasoned clinician, Michelle has 13 years of experience in the field and is licensed in Washington and all other states eligible in PSYPACT. If you would like to connect with a licensed therapist at Total Life, don't hesitate to call us at 1-800-567-5433 or sign up online .

What makes you enjoy working with seniors? There is no playbook that prepares us for all the intellectual, physical, and emotional experiences we will have while navigating the challenges of aging in the world today. Yet, this next bit is refreshing.

According to psychological knowledge, elders may accomplish the developmental task of increasing ownership over one's behavior better than younger persons. Elders' strivings may be more linked with intrinsic values (such as integrity, intimacy, and contribution), and less with superficial or materialistic issues. That's an admirable striving I can get behind.

No matter what, we slow down with age and we will continue to face trials. However, it appears that, like very fine wine, many continue to "get better" as they get older. Why do you think online therapy is effective for seniors?

If you think tele communication with your doctor will benefit you, then it will. And two agreeing minds can produce a substantial thing. How do you approach therapy sessions?

It can be helpful to consider a frame of 8 visits, wherein good work may be accomplished. What is your advice to someone who is starting therapy for the first time? I think people make the best choices for themselves when transparent options are available to them.

Your doctor choice matters because unlike a general medical visit, a stint of treatment, by nature, is a co-labor for you and your doctor toward a goal.