Michele E. Ishikawa, Ph.D.
About
Dr. Ishikawa is a graduate of the APA-accredited Counseling Psychology program at Washington State University, and a licensed psychologist in the state of Arizona, as well as a telehealth provider across 41 PSYPACT-participating states and territories. Prior to pursuing her doctorate, she graduated from the CACREP-accredited Master of Counseling program at Arizona State University. Dr. Ishikawa completed her undergraduate career at the University of Utah, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, with minors in Sociology and Women’s Studies. She is from Park City, Utah, and adopted her dog, Alice Dingo, in Pullman, Washington. Dr. Ishikawa lives in Tempe, Arizona.
Services
Dr. Ishikawa offers psychological evaluations and psychotherapy. She aims to provide compassion and humor as she challenges and supports her clients in a collaborative manner, and utilizes an integrative approach to psychotherapy. Her goal is to help each client find freedom from negative patterns, identify strengths, and reach their full potential. Dr. Ishikawa enjoys working with clients from a variety of cultural, ethnic/racial, gender/sexual identity, and religious/spiritual backgrounds, and assisting with issues such as anxiety, depression, interpersonal relationships, life transitions, and women's issues.
Dr. Ishikawa has experience in forensic, inpatient, and outpatient settings, having worked with children, adolescents, and adult clients (including couples, families, and workers' compensation) in community mental health agencies, jails, nonprofit agencies, private practice, acute psychiatric inpatient facilities, rehabilitation clinics, and universities.
Scheduling
Dr. Ishikawa conducts psychological evaluations for diagnosis, fitness for duty, pre-employment, and bariatric and spinal cord stimulator surgeries. She sees adult clients for individual psychotherapy. If you are interested in working with her, please email to schedule an appointment. In addition to in-office sessions, telephonic and video sessions are available in Arizona and 41 other states and territories. Appointments are available Monday-Thursday 10:00AM-5:00PM.
Dr. Ishikawa accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield and Medicare. For self-pay clients, the initial intake session is $215, and individual therapy sessions are $175. Pre-surgical evaluations are $1500 for self-pay clients. No shows will be billed at $150, and late cancellations at $50.