Michelle Harwell, M.S., LMFT
Michelle Harwell, M.S., LMFT, is an expert training leader and supervisor in DIRFloortime® and an
infant mental health and early intervention specialist. She maintains a thriving private
practice in Los Angeles, California, where she sees clients across the age spectrum:
infants, children, adolescents, and adults. She also works as an infant mental health
consultant at Elizabeth House, where she helped to secure grant funding through
the Pasadena Child Health Foundation to provide mother–infant psychotherapy to
at-risk homeless mothers. Ms. Harwell received her B.A. in English literature from
the University of Oklahoma, M.A. in theology from Fuller Theological Seminary, and
M.S. in marriage and family therapy from the Fuller Graduate School of Psychology.
She dedicated her postgraduate training to the areas of development, attachment,
trauma, and neuroscience and is currently completing her Ph.D in psychoanalysis
from The Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis. Ms. Harwell is a well-respected
speaker, trainer, and supervisor who provides professional development and consultation
to therapists and families.