About Michael
Michael Fronk is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction concerns, and relationship or family problems. He is LCSW licensed in Texas and brings nine years of professional experience to sessions. He focuses on building a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about what’s bothering them and take small steps forward.
In sessions he listens closely to what matters most and works with each person to set practical goals.
Background and approach
He uses straightforward strategies to manage overwhelming feelings and to improve day-to-day coping. Sessions aim to strengthen communication, reduce unhelpful patterns, and build self-esteem over time. Michael often draws on attachment-based and client-centered ideas to help people understand how early relationships affect current reactions.
He also uses cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior techniques when the situation calls for skills training or changing thought patterns. These methods are chosen to fit each person rather than following a fixed script. Clients can expect an approach that balances practical skill-building with honest conversations about values and life choices.
He pays attention to how past family experiences shape current struggles, including issues like abandonment, codependency, and communication problems. Work may include managing symptoms of bipolar disorder, ADHD-related concerns, or coping with major life changes. Michael supports people through recovery from drug and alcohol addiction, domestic violence aftereffects, and trauma or abuse histories.
He helps people facing commitment or intimacy issues and those wanting clearer boundaries within their family of origin. The goal is steady progress toward more manageable days and clearer relationships.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current feelings and reactions; online sessions can be a place to notice patterns and practice new ways of connecting. Client-centered therapy emphasizes being heard and accepted; this approach focuses on the person’s priorities and can help people feel understood during video or phone meetings. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) targets the thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches concrete skills for anxiety, depression, and addiction-related concerns.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then try methods that fit those needs. This collaborative process means plans can change as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which give flexibility for different situations. Video is useful for longer conversations and skill practice, phone can fit a break at work or when bandwidth is low, and messaging or chat can support quick check-ins or reminders between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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