Psychology Practice – Michelle Franklin Psychology
Dr. Michelle Franklin, Ph.D. (License #PSY6930) is a licensed clinical psychologist based in Felton, California, with more than thirty years of clinical experience. Her office is located at 6214 Highway 9, Felton, CA 95018. The practice serves clients across Santa Cruz County, Monterey Bay, and the San Francisco Bay Area.
Services offered include individual psychotherapy, couples counseling, relationship therapy, and family therapy. Additional offerings include parent education, Enneagram typing and coaching, divorce mediation, collaborative divorce coaching, co-parenting mediation, and trauma recovery. The practice serves a broad range of clients, including parents and children, blended families, co-workers, and extended family members navigating interpersonal difficulties. Both immediate crises and longer-term growth goals are within the scope of treatment.
Therapeutic modalities include EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and Internal Family Systems (IFS), both applied with emphasis on trauma treatment and integration. The practice addresses immediate crises such as divorce, problems with children and adolescents, death, and substance abuse. Longer-term work centers on personal growth, well-being, and building more satisfying relationships across family and professional domains. The stated clinical focus is helping clients develop practical solutions and achieve personal goals through the therapeutic process.
Sessions are conducted in person at the Felton office. The practice has been operational since at least 2010, per the copyright notice on the website. Insurance acceptance and specific session fee information are not detailed in the available page content. The range of clinical services spans individual and relational work, with an emphasis on integrating multiple frameworks rather than applying a single protocol to all clients. Franklin’s stated aim is to understand each person’s situation fully before determining which combination of methods is most appropriate.
Appointment requests are accepted through the practice’s website. The practice can be reached by phone at 831-335-8206. Prospective clients may use the website contact form to describe their needs and request an initial appointment. The office is in Felton in the Santa Cruz Mountains, within reach of the broader Bay Area population it serves.