About Michael
Michael Gusack focuses on helping people who struggle with stress, anxiety, chronic illness, and major life transitions. He offers straightforward guidance to reduce frustration and build practical skills for daily living. Michael is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 41 years of experience.
He works in a relaxed, down-to-earth way. Sessions tend to be practical and solution oriented. Michael draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try small, manageable changes.
Background and approach
He also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy techniques to help clients make room for difficult feelings while moving toward meaningful goals. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and hypnotherapy are other approaches he may use when appropriate for trauma, intense distress, or entrenched habits. Michael supports people facing grief, addiction, relationship strain, sleep problems, anger, bipolar challenges, and panic symptoms.
He also helps those coping with cancer, chronic pain or illness, aging concerns, and questions about life purpose. Hearing impaired clients are listed among his focus areas. His style emphasizes clear steps and real-world practice.
Many sessions include skill-building exercises, goal planning, and gentle testing of new behaviors between meetings. For readers who want to move past limits and regain more confidence, he offers a steady, experienced presence.
How his approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people accept difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that matter to them. It can help with anxiety, chronic illness adjustment, and motivation for life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and substitutes small experiments to test new ways of coping. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep trouble, and panic symptoms. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a trauma-focused method that helps reduce the intensity of distressing memories and associated reactions when that approach fits the situation.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms, and preferences, then try methods that match those needs. Plans can change over time as progress is made or new priorities emerge.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and shared visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging give flexible, quick ways to stay connected between sessions or to fit support into a busy day. These options aim to make therapy more accessible and easier to fit into everyday life.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Hearing impaired
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 41 years
- Licensed
- Colorado, Florida
- Languages
- English
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