About Michael
Michael Flatley is a Florida-licensed marriage and family therapist with 24 years of professional experience. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, and parenting strain. He meets clients where they are and emphasizes practical steps toward change.
He approaches therapy believing each person knows their life best. He listens first, then helps identify strengths that can be used to face difficult moments. His style is direct but compassionate, aimed at making progress in everyday life.
Background and approach
Michael often uses clear strategies to address anxiety and low mood. He works with people on sleep and eating concerns, coping with grief, and navigating life transitions. He also addresses issues around intimacy, self-esteem, and compassion fatigue.
For relationship and family-related struggles he focuses on communication and problem-solving. He helps individuals sort through blended family dynamics, caregiving stress, and conflict that affects daily life. He also supports people dealing with isolation, infidelity, and divorce or separation.
Clinical methods he uses include client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, and narrative approaches. These are used to set small goals, change unhelpful patterns, and build new perspectives. Michael offers sessions in English and provides care through a range of online formats.
Approaches that guide online work
Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s own goals and perspective. It involves listening closely, reflecting what matters to the client, and building on existing strengths to make changes. This approach helps when someone feels stuck or needs a clearer sense of direction.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and testing small changes. It is practical and skill-based, often used for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating concerns, and stress management. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus during stressful moments.
Finding the right approach is part of the process and will be decided together. The therapist will discuss goals, try techniques, and adjust based on what works best. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions to personal needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people work face-to-face from different locations. Phone sessions and live chat suit shorter check-ins or lower-bandwidth needs, and text-based messaging supports ongoing, asynchronous check-ins. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to continue work between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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