About Michael
Michael Holmes is a licensed counselor in Kentucky who helps people facing anxiety, stress, grief, and depression. He speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can try between sessions. He wants clients to feel heard and to build on their existing strengths.
Michael has five years of professional experience supporting people through trauma and abuse, loss, self-esteem challenges, and motivation problems. He also works with issues related to attachment, communication, body image, and caregiver stress.
Background and approach
His background includes work with a wide range of everyday struggles that get in the way of feeling steady. In sessions he centers the person's own story and goals. Conversations focus on understanding what is most distressing right now and testing small changes that can make a difference.
He avoids jargon and uses clear, doable ideas so clients can try new approaches between meetings. Michael values collaboration and respects that each person knows their life best. He encourages steps that fit a person's schedule and comfort level, and he adapts pacing to what feels manageable.
People who want straightforward, skills-oriented support often find his style constructive. He holds the LPCC credential - Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor - and the LPC credential - Licensed Professional Counselor. Michael offers sessions in English and sees clients located in Kentucky.
Evidence-Based Techniques and Online Care
Michael uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and coping. One common approach emphasizes short, actionable strategies to reduce anxiety and manage stress by changing daily routines and testing small behavioral changes. Another approach focuses on processing difficult experiences related to trauma, grief, or attachment through guided conversation and step-by-step pacing to avoid becoming overwhelmed.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to current concerns, goals, and preferences, and together they will decide which techniques to try and how quickly to move. The plan can be adjusted as progress is reviewed over time.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs. Video calls allow deeper face-to-face conversation, phone sessions require less bandwidth, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports brief reflections between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep momentum between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Kentucky, Georgia
- Languages
- English
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