About Michael
Michael Cotter is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Missouri who helps people facing anxiety, stress, addictions, trauma, and related problems. He also supports those coping with depression, relationship and family challenges, grief, self-esteem struggles, and life changes. Michael uses straightforward, practical methods to help people move forward.
He meets clients where they are and works without judgment. Sessions focus on clear goals and useful steps someone can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Michael draws on client-centered and solution-focused ideas to keep work grounded and actionable. His approach blends cognitive behavioral techniques with motivational interviewing to address thinking patterns and build motivation for change. He also uses existential ideas to help clients find meaning when life feels uncertain.
EMDR is listed among his approaches for working with trauma-related symptoms. Michael has three years of documented experience as an LPC in Missouri. He has worked extensively in addiction settings and maintains a focus on the problems that often come with substance use, such as depression, anxiety, and family strain.
Sessions are offered in English and are available through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Michael supports problems that range from anger and intimacy-related issues to parenting concerns, ADHD, and hospice or end-of-life counseling. People who want to start can complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a session based on his availability.
How Michael’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and priorities. It means the therapist listens carefully, reflects what is said, and helps people find their own solutions. This approach is often useful for people feeling stuck or unsure where to start.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. It teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, and some addiction-related patterns.
EMDR is used to address trauma-related symptoms by guiding attention while recalling distressing memories. It is intended to reduce the intensity of traumatic memories and the reactions tied to them.
Choosing the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will work collaboratively to match methods to the client’s needs, goals, and comfort level. Sessions may combine approaches and evolve as progress is made.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These formats offer flexible ways to fit therapy into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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