About Michael
Michael Geisert is a licensed clinical social worker with twenty-seven years of experience. He works with people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and addictions. He focuses on practical steps that help people regain control and feel steadier day to day.
He draws on person-centered care and positive psychology to shape sessions around each person's goals. He also uses acceptance-based and mindfulness techniques to help people notice thoughts and feelings without getting overwhelmed.
Background and approach
Emotion-focused strategies are used when strong feelings need safe expression and processing. Michael has worked in many settings, including addiction treatment, mental health programs, juvenile justice, military and veteran mental health, public schools, and colleges. That range gives him experience with different life stressors and system challenges.
He aims to make strategies useful in everyday life, not just in the therapy room. Sessions are adapted to the person's needs and pace. Michael emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion while helping people build tools for managing symptoms and relationships.
He supports exploration of grief, intimacy concerns, parenting stresses, and cultural or veteran-related issues. People who choose him can expect collaborative planning and practical exercises to practice between sessions. He encourages small steps that add up to better coping and clearer decision making.
Approaches that guide online care
Michael integrates person-centered work and positive psychology to focus sessions on strengths and goals. Person-centered work emphasizes listening and building a trusting conversation, while positive psychology highlights skills and habits that increase resilience and well-being.He also uses acceptance-based and mindfulness techniques to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting swept away by them. These approaches can be helpful for anxiety, stress, trauma symptoms, and ongoing mood struggles because they teach practical ways to respond rather than react.
Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to identify which methods fit a person's needs, goals, and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time based on what is helping and what isn't working.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for working with him. Video calls let people see facial cues and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support ongoing prompts, brief updates, and coaching between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Experience
- 27 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
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