About Mike
Mike Driscoll is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Illinois with 14 years of experience. He focuses on practical ways to reduce stress and anxiety and to manage depression. He talks plainly and helps people notice what already works for them.
Taking a first step toward change can feel hard, and he aims to make that process doable. Mike frames counseling as teamwork. He listens to the story a person brings and helps them set clear, reachable goals.
Background and approach
Sessions often include simple strategies to reduce worry, shift unhelpful thinking, and build daily habits that feel sustainable. He also supports people facing grief, anger, and major life changes. For clients dealing with obsessive thoughts, compulsive behaviors, paranoia, or struggles around guilt and shame, he offers focused techniques to reduce distress and increase control.
He brings experience from work with hospice and end-of-life situations and with first responder issues, so he can address concerns tied to stressful jobs and aging. Mike draws on cognitive behavioral techniques, existential perspectives, and solution-focused methods. That mix helps people change habits, clarify life meaning, and find practical next steps.
He explains ideas in straightforward language and helps clients try short experiments between sessions. People who like clear goals and a down-to-earth approach may find his style a good fit. He works with English-speaking clients and accepts international clients for online sessions.
If someone wants a therapist who values their strengths and keeps plans simple, he may be a good match.
Therapy approaches and online care that fit your life
Mike uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thinking and behavior. CBT often involves practical exercises and small behavior changes that reduce worry and improve mood.He also draws on Existential Therapy, which focuses on questions of meaning, values, and choice. That approach can help when life changes or loss raise big questions about purpose and direction.
Solution-Focused Therapy is part of his toolkit for clients who want quick, concrete steps. This method looks for what is already working and builds on small wins to create momentum.
Mike treats the choice of approach as a collaborative process. He will work with each person to figure out which methods match their goals and preferences, and he adjusts plans as needs evolve.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different routines. Video is useful for deeper conversations when bandwidth allows. Phone sessions can be easier when someone needs a simple check-in or has limited internet. Chat and text messaging work well for short updates, brief coaching, or when typing is preferable. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Anger management
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- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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