About Michael
Michael Williams is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 35 years of clinical experience. He draws on a holistic view that connects thinking, feeling, and behavior to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and complex life changes. He also supports individuals dealing with addictions, anger, ADHD concerns, and issues around self-esteem and career direction.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Morehouse College and a Master of Arts in Psychology from Washington University in St.
Background and approach
Louis. His background includes work that blends talk therapy with attention to how daily routines and body awareness affect mood and focus. Michael uses familiar, down-to-earth language in sessions so people leave with clear next steps.
His approach mixes client-centered listening with practical techniques. That can mean looking at patterns of thought and behavior and trying small experiments to see what changes help. He also uses mindfulness practices and pays attention to attachment and relationship patterns when they matter to the problem at hand.
Over a long career he has helped people through addiction recovery, trauma, parenting stress, and midlife transitions. He often helps clients break big problems into manageable steps so progress feels possible. Sessions are practical and oriented toward goals the client sets.
Michael practices in Missouri and offers therapy in English. He works with concerns across adult life, including aging and geriatric issues, blended family dynamics, and multicultural questions. He aims to make therapy useful and understandable from the first visit.
How his approaches shape online care
Attachment-based work pays attention to how early and current relationships affect feelings and behavior. Online sessions can use this lens to look at communication patterns, trust, and connection, helping people change how they relate in daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing different behaviors to reduce symptoms. It’s practical for anxiety, depression, ADHD-related focus problems, and stress because goals and experiments are easy to track between sessions.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client will discuss goals, try methods, and adjust the plan together. That means methods may shift over time to fit what the person wants and what works in practice.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues during in-depth work and teach mindfulness practices. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick coaching, progress updates, or when someone prefers to write rather than speak. These options aim to make regular care easier to schedule and keep therapy part of everyday life.
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What this therapist works with
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- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexual dysfunction
- Somatization
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Missouri, Colorado
- Languages
- English
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