About Michael
Michael Letendre is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) practicing in Massachusetts with 15 years of experience. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, and depression. He aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space where clients can share their thoughts and feelings.
He frames therapy as a step toward a more satisfying life and offers steady support during that process. In sessions he listens closely to each person's story and priorities.
Background and approach
He uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to what the client needs. Conversations cover practical coping skills, emotional processing, and steps to reduce symptoms that interfere with daily life. Michael also addresses relationship and intimacy-related concerns and supports people coping with grief.
He works with issues connected to addiction, family dynamics, and the challenges that come with adoption and foster care. Other focus areas include phobias, obsessions and compulsions, and multicultural concerns. Across his practice he has helped people facing first responder issues, aging and geriatric concerns, gender dysphoria, and health-related challenges such as HIV/AIDS.
He also brings experience with hoarding, infidelity, jealousy, and non-monogamous relationship dynamics. Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients. He describes the work as collaborative and practical, helping people build manageable routines and clearer thinking so they can move forward with day-to-day life.
Practical approaches for anxiety and trauma online
Michael uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on real-world skills and emotional processing. One approach emphasizes teaching coping and relaxation strategies to reduce stress and manage anxiety in daily life. These skills help with racing thoughts, panic, and overwhelming feelings by giving clear steps a person can practice between sessions.Another approach focuses on processing traumatic memories and the emotions tied to them. This involves gradual, supported conversation about distressing events and learning ways to tolerate difficult feelings without becoming overwhelmed. That work can reduce the power of painful memories and improve day-to-day functioning.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to figure out what fits best based on their needs, goals, and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time so techniques match what is helping and what isn’t.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone calls can fit into a short break, and chat or messaging can be useful for quick check-ins or for people who prefer writing. These options help people keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or travel.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
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