About Michael
Michael Wilson, LPC, helps people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, and life changes. He also supports those facing grief, career concerns, anger, bipolar challenges, and self-esteem struggles. His tone is practical and steady, aimed at people who want clear steps and honest listening.
He uses a client-centered approach, which means he starts by listening and following each person's priorities. Michael draws on tools from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy to shape sessions around what a person wants to change.
Background and approach
He emphasizes small, achievable steps rather than overwhelming plans. Michael has 31 years of experience working in rehabilitation and mental health settings across Michigan. That background includes supporting people with chronic illness, caregiver stress, addiction, and aging or geriatric issues.
He views each person as more than a diagnosis and focuses on practical goals that match their life situation. In sessions he aims to be a guide and partner. He listens carefully, offers strategies that have helped others, and helps set realistic goals.
Work might include clarifying values, building motivation to change, or developing short-term plans to reduce distress. People choose Michael when they want straightforward, collaborative help for everyday struggles. He offers a mix of talking, problem-solving, and behavior-focused suggestions so clients can try changes between sessions and see what works.
Practical approaches for online change
Michael often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people identify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values, even when uncomfortable feelings appear. This approach can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.He also uses Motivational Interviewing to help people find their own reasons to change. That method focuses on building motivation and reducing resistance, which can be useful for addictions, impulse issues, and making career or health-related changes.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they will try techniques and adjust the plan based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone calls can require less bandwidth, live chat is useful for brief check-ins, and text messaging supports short ongoing contact between appointments. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep continuity when travel or mobility are factors.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 31 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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