About Michael
Michael Denning is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida who focuses on stress and anxiety alongside addiction and self-esteem concerns. He works with people facing life changes and career pressures, and he supports those dealing with grief, trauma, or sleep and anger problems.
He speaks plain language and aims to make the first steps feel manageable for someone who is worried or unsure. Michael centers sessions on the person in the room.
Background and approach
He treats clients as the expert on their own life and looks for strengths to build on. Conversations tend to be practical and goal-oriented, with room to talk through feelings and daily challenges. He uses approaches that are straightforward and collaborative.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and shift behaviors. Client-centered work means conversations follow the client’s lead and priorities. Mindfulness techniques are offered to help calm racing thoughts and improve focus.
Across seven years of clinical practice Michael has helped people with relationship tensions, addiction concerns, ADHD-related struggles, and issues around intimacy and communication. He also addresses complicated topics such as abandonment, attachment patterns, and co-morbid conditions in clear, step-by-step ways. Sessions may include short skills practice, problem-solving steps, and motivational coaching to support change.
He encourages small, achievable goals and checks in on progress so clients notice what’s improving. If you are feeling overwhelmed, Michael aims to make starting therapy feel like a manageable next step.
Approaches that fit online care
Client-centered work focuses on the person’s priorities and builds on what is already working in their life. In an online session this looks like the therapist asking questions, reflecting what matters most, and following the client's lead to set goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches concrete skills to change them, which works well through video or phone sessions because skills can be practiced and reviewed together. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce stress and improve sleep and focus, and these exercises are easy to guide over chat or live video.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide which methods match their goals and preferences. That choice can change over time as progress is made or new needs appear.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different days and needs. Video lets the therapist and client use visual cues and practice skills together. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework support, or when writing out thoughts feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep momentum between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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