About Michael
Michael Keesey is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress or anxiety. He supports individuals facing relationship and intimacy concerns, low self-esteem, and challenges with motivation. He also works with people living with depression and related struggles.
Michael centers his work on each person’s strengths. He treats clients as the experts of their own stories and helps them build on what already works.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear steps and practical conversation rather than jargon or long lectures. In the therapy room he listens for patterns that keep problems repeating. He helps people notice how past experiences influence current relationships and choices.
That includes attention to attachment and feelings around abandonment when those come up. Michael has five years of professional experience as an LMFT - licensed marriage and family therapist - practicing in California. His background includes supporting people coping with panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, chronic illness or pain, caregiver stress, and major life transitions such as divorce and separation.
People who reach out can expect conversations about communication, control issues, guilt and shame, and steps toward clearer goals. He also helps with practical concerns like money stress and finding life purpose. Sessions aim to be straightforward and focused on what the client wants to change.
Therapeutic methods and online care that fit your life
Michael uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on understanding feelings and changing patterns. One approach helps people track how past relationships shape current reactions - this looks at attachment and abandonment-related patterns and helps improve communication and trust. Another approach focuses on breaking cycles of anxiety and panic by teaching habits for managing sudden fear and building steady routines that reduce stress over time.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to choose or adapt methods based on their goals, comfort level, and what has worked before. Together they try techniques, check how they feel, and adjust the plan as needed so progress feels realistic.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy schedules or mobility limits. Video calls let you meet face to face when visual cues help. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick check-ins, real-time support between sessions, or when writing helps organize thoughts. These formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting it into daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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