About Michael
Michael Kubiak is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience based in Michigan. He works with people who are stressed, anxious, or dealing with depression and addiction. He uses plain, practical methods to help people get through hard moments and make small changes that add up.
Michael focuses on real-life problems like relationship strain, sleep and eating struggles, parenting stress, and grief. He also helps with trauma and abuse, ADHD-related concerns, and challenges linked to chronic illness or pain.
Background and approach
Sessions are aimed at helping people find stronger coping skills and clearer next steps. His style is straightforward and collaborative. He listens first, helps set goals, and then uses tools from cognitive behavioral approaches, mindfulness, and solution-focused work to test what helps.
Motivational interviewing is used when people want support changing behaviors, such as substance use patterns. Michael pays attention to how early family experiences, communication patterns, and losses shape current struggles. He will work with clients on boundary setting, reducing overwhelm, and rebuilding self-esteem.
Practical homework and short-term strategies are common when they match a client’s goals. People who prefer clear structure and a focus on everyday solutions tend to do well with his approach. He explains steps and keeps sessions focused on what the client wants to accomplish next.
Michael offers sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
Approaches that translate well to online work
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person. The therapist follows the client’s lead, validates their experience, and helps clarify goals so sessions stay useful and focused.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It teaches simple skills to spot unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors, which can help with anxiety, sleep, mood, and eating concerns.
Mindfulness therapy introduces short practices to reduce reactivity and improve attention. These techniques are often used alongside other strategies to help with stress and trauma-related symptoms.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust the plan together based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for fuller conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging provide flexibility for brief updates, homework support, or when scheduling is tight. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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