About Us – Michelle Gottlieb, PsyD, LMFT, LPCC

MICHELLE GOTTLIEB, PsyD, LMFT, LPCC

Co-Founder & President/CEO

As Co-Founder, President, and CEO of EMDR Professional Training, Michelle Gottlieb, PsyD, MFT, LPCC, is an experienced clinician with over 30 years of clinical experience. Dr. Gottlieb is an EMDRIA Certified Therapist, an EMDRIA Approved Consultant, and an EMDRIA Approved Trainer.

After years of working in therapy for families, individuals, and children, Dr. Gottlieb discovered EMDR in 2000. She soon completed her EMDR Certification and began using EMDR therapy within her practice. The rapid and positive results she saw with her clients created an urgency to go further with EMDR therapy.

Dr. Gottlieb facilitated, handled logistics, and was a Part One trainer for EMDR HAP/Trauma Recovery. She was also a facilitator for EMDR Institute. She is an international presenter on various aspects of EMDR therapy, including the EMDRIA conference, EMDR Canada, and EMDR Asia.

Dr. Gottlieb’s private practice is in Fullerton, California, where she specializes in complex trauma and chronic pain/illness. She also holds an adjunct faculty position in the Graduate program for the Department of Counseling at California State University, Fullerton.

Michelle is the author of the book Balance and Change (2004) and writes an ongoing column for The Fullerton Observer , by the same title. She co-hosts the EMDR Chat podcast and has co-published the article, “Reducing the Cost of Caring: Indirect Trauma Exposure on Mental Health Providers” (2023).

If anyone is passionate about EMDR therapy, Michelle is, and she’s passionate about teaching it to other clinicians. Participants who have been trained by Dr. Gottlieb often comment that she makes complex material easy to understand and apply with a special talent for creating a light and enjoyable environment for learning.