About Michael
Michael Ecuyer, LCSW, approaches therapy with a focus on practical, person-centered work. He frames sessions like coaching to help people move past fears, stress, and relationship roadblocks. Conversations are straightforward and goal-oriented to make progress feel tangible.
With 33 years of experience as a social worker, he has helped people facing anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, and trauma. He also addresses parenting strain, intimacy issues, and the fallout from separation and divorce.
Background and approach
Phobias are one of the concerns listed among his focus areas. Michael blends client-centered listening with techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and emotionally focused work. He teaches simple mindfulness tools and looks at deeper patterns with psychodynamic ideas when helpful.
The aim is to find what fits each person and use practical steps to reduce distress. Sessions can cover everyday problems like work stress, communication problems, codependency, and caregiver strain. He also supports people dealing with chronic illness, cancer-related stress, and recovery from substance use.
Conversations are paced to the client's needs and goals. He offers phone, video, text, and live chat options to match different routines and preferences. Michael works from Texas and conducts sessions in English, including with some international clients.
To begin, a short questionnaire and scheduling step are used to match a plan and time that suit the client.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person. It helps people clarify goals and feel heard while working through anxiety, relationship struggles, or life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and routines that keep problems going. It teaches concrete skills for managing anxiety, phobias, stress, and low mood through exercises and short homework between sessions.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and shift painful feelings that drive conflict or withdrawal in close relationships. It is useful when attachment patterns and intimacy problems are the main concern.
Finding the right blend of approaches is collaborative. The therapist will talk through goals and try methods that fit the client's needs and preferences. If something isn’t working, adjustments are made together so the work stays practical and relevant.
Online formats offer flexibility to suit daily life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging support short updates, coaching-style guidance, or ongoing reflection between longer sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 33 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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