About Michael
Michael Ziegler is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, parenting challenges, mood problems, and ADHD. He speaks plainly and aims to make therapy feel manageable for someone who may be nervous about the first step. Michael has 12 years of clinical experience and works with people who want clearer choices and better day-to-day functioning.
He uses a few practical methods to get results. One is Reality Therapy, which looks at what a person really wants and what they are doing to try to get it.
Background and approach
He also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to change unhelpful thinking and behavior, Dialectical Behavior Therapy for emotion and coping skills, and EMDR for trauma processing when appropriate. Michael’s background includes work with first responders, law enforcement, people adjusting after incarceration, and child-focused family therapy. Those experiences shaped his focus on clear skills, safety, and workable coping strategies.
He often helps people process painful memories, rebuild routines, and manage intense feelings. Sessions focus on setting doable goals and practicing specific skills between meetings. He will help identify small changes that make daily life easier and more consistent.
Many clients work on improving sleep, handling anger, managing attention and focus, or reducing panic and anxiety. Michael offers multiple formats for online care to fit busy schedules. He encourages a collaborative process where the person’s values and goals guide the plan for change.
How his methods translate to online therapy
EMDR is a trauma-focused method that helps people process distressing memories and reduce their emotional charge. In an online session this can include guided eye movements or other bilateral stimulation paired with focused memory work to lessen ongoing distress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Online CBT sessions often include concrete exercises, worksheets, and short behavioral experiments to practice between meetings. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills to handle intense feelings and conflict more effectively.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to the client’s goals, symptoms, and preferences and then suggest which methods to try first. That plan can be adjusted over time based on what is working and what the person needs next.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people work face to face across distance and use visual cues. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a work break. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, written skill coaching, and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into everyday life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Missouri, Maine
- Languages
- English
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