Michelle received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of British Columbia in 2001, and completed an accredited year-long internship at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa. Following her internship, Michelle obtained three years of additional training with adults and adolescents at Yale University where she was a fellow at the Yale Child Study Center and co-director of the student training clinic in the Department of Psychology. As co-director of the student training clinic, Michelle was responsible for supervising graduate students in the clinical psychology program and teaching a variety of clinical courses.