About Michael
Dr. Michael Woulas is a Florida-based licensed marriage and family therapist with more than four decades of experience. He focuses on anxiety and related concerns like stress, mood disorders, ADHD, anger, and addictions.
He sees work as practical and direct, helping people manage strong emotions and improve daily functioning. He has a long career in behavioral medicine and has treated adult and pediatric mood disorders, chronic pain, and substance issues.
Background and approach
His background includes psychological training and additional osteopathic medical training, which he says has informed his clinical perspective. He has written about anger and bipolar type II in a book aimed at public understanding. Dr.
Woulas spent years consulting with community organizations and local agencies. He helped set up psychological screening for law enforcement recruitment in Central Massachusetts. After moving to Florida he developed a statewide jail suicide prevention training program and has also advised businesses on staff recruitment.
Since 1985 he has maintained a independent practice in Southwest Florida. He speaks publicly and leads seminars on domestic and social violence and on marital and family relationships. His work includes education as well as clinical care.
He is the author of The Ticking Time Bomb: Anger, Rage, and Emotional Volatility of Bipolar Disorder, Type II, and co-author of Focus on You; Your Needs Matter Too. Both books reflect his interest in public awareness and practical strategies for managing difficult emotions.
Approaches that guide online work
Dr. Woulas uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on helping people regulate emotions and improve daily functioning. One common approach looks at thoughts and behaviors that maintain anxiety and teaches practical skills to change them; this method helps with panic, worries, and stress management. Another approach centers on mood regulation and coping with bipolar or depressive symptoms through routine-building, mood tracking, and strategies to reduce impulsive reactions. These approaches aim to give clear steps people can use between sessions.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist and client review symptoms, goals, and daily routines to find techniques that fit. That collaboration allows adjustments over time so sessions remain useful and relevant to what the client wants to change.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make care flexible. Video lets people have a session similar to an in-person visit. Phone sessions can be shorter check-ins and work well when bandwidth is limited. Text and chat allow ongoing support, brief updates, and quick access between video or phone meetings. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and different schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 41 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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