About Michael
Michael Witham is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Wyoming with 26 years of clinical experience. He works with people facing anxiety, stress, trauma, depression, ADHD, addictions, and related concerns. He focuses on practical steps people can use right away and on building stronger coping skills.
Michael began practicing in 2002 and has provided both individual and group work. His background includes crisis response and resolution, initial diagnostic assessment, and treatment planning.
Background and approach
He has supported people managing chronic pain and those experiencing severe psychotic symptoms. In sessions he blends client-centered care with cognitive behavioral techniques. That means sessions start with the person's own goals and priorities, and then use structured strategies to shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
He also uses dialectical behavior therapy and mindfulness practices to teach emotion regulation and stress management skills. He emphasizes skills for impulse control, decision making, and day-to-day organization. Clients can expect clear, down-to-earth guidance and concrete exercises to practice between meetings.
The overall aim is to reduce distress, strengthen self-reliance, and build confidence. Michael will work with people on grief, sleep and eating concerns, parenting strain, first responder issues, and a range of life transitions. He accepts international clients and offers sessions in English through multiple remote formats.
Evidence-informed approaches for online care
Michael blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral therapy to create a practical online approach. Client-centered therapy means sessions begin with the person's own goals and priorities, and the therapist listens to understand what matters most. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and patterns and practicing small, concrete behavior changes to reduce anxiety, depression, and phobia-related avoidance.He also draws on dialectical behavior therapy techniques to teach emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills. These tools can be helpful for people struggling with intense emotions, impulse control, or recurring anxiety about specific situations. Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process; the therapist will work with the client to pick strategies that match their goals, symptoms, and preferences and will adapt methods over time as needs change.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice and discussion. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins, quick coping tools, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options help fit therapy into busy lives and across different time zones.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 26 years
- Licensed
- Wyoming
- Languages
- English
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