About Michael
Michael Jankowski is a licensed social worker with 20 years of clinical experience. He focuses on anxiety, stress, depression, self-esteem, relationship concerns, and LGBTQ issues. He speaks English and practices in Michigan as an LMSW and LCSW.
Michael meets people where they are and works at a steady pace. He listens first and then helps clients decide what to try next. Sessions are straightforward and aimed at small, manageable changes that add up over time.
Background and approach
Michael blends practical tools with a warm, accepting approach. He uses methods such as cognitive behavioral work to notice and change unhelpful thinking. He also draws on mindfulness to help people stay calmer in the moment and solution-focused steps to set clear goals.
Over his career he has supported people facing a wide range of concerns. These include attachment and abandonment issues, caregiver stress, living with cancer or HIV, grief and end-of-life worries, and difficulties after divorce or infidelity. He also has experience working with people involved in BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture.
Sessions may include conversations about communication, guilt and shame, forgiveness, or building confidence. Michael helps clients break large problems into smaller tasks and tracks progress together. He encourages people to notice even small shifts as evidence of forward movement.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire helps pair someone with Michael and schedule a first session. Therapy uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time, and sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Approaches and online care that fit your life
Michael often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people spot the thoughts and habits that fuel anxiety and then test small, practical changes. CBT is useful for stress, worry, and mood concerns because it focuses on skills you can practice between sessions.He also uses mindfulness therapy to build moment-to-moment awareness and reduce reactivity. Mindfulness exercises can help with racing thoughts and with staying calm during stressful moments. Solution-focused techniques are used alongside these methods to set clear, short-term goals and track progress in concrete steps.
Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with you about your goals, try a method for a few sessions, and adjust based on what helps. Clients and the therapist decide together which combination of tools feels most useful.
Online therapy offers flexibility for different needs. Video calls let people use body language and a fuller conversation. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for quick check-ins, brief reflections, and ongoing support between longer sessions. These formats let people fit therapy into busy lives and keep consistent momentum toward their goals.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Michigan, Florida, Washington, Oregon
- Languages
- English
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