About Michael
Michael Mudgett is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Michigan who helps people facing anxiety, stress, relationship conflict, grief, and life transitions. He works with adults and with couples on communication, intimacy, and emotional challenges. Sessions are conversational and focused on practical skills to make daily life feel more manageable.
He brings 18 years of clinical experience to his work. Michael uses straightforward teaching of listening and communication skills to help people connect and repair strained relationships.
Background and approach
He also supports people dealing with sleep and eating concerns, substance-related struggles, career stress, and compassion fatigue. Michael blends several therapy approaches to match each person's needs. He draws on cognitive behavioral strategies to address unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.
He uses client-centered techniques to create an empathic, respectful setting where people can speak honestly about what matters to them. For people with trauma or painful memories, he incorporates EMDR-informed ideas and emotion-focused work to reduce the hold of past events and improve present relationships.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas are used when the focus is on values and living a meaningful life despite ongoing symptoms. Michael describes his style as warm, interactive, and respectful. He also draws on his background as an ordained minister when clients want to talk about spiritual concerns.
His aim is to walk alongside people as they rebuild connection, find purpose, and develop everyday tools for coping.
Approaches and online therapy that fit your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and take small steps toward those values even when anxiety or difficult emotions show up. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical behavior changes to reduce anxiety and improve daily routines. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is used for people who carry intense memories from past events; adapted EMDR ideas can help reduce the emotional charge around those memories and make them less disruptive.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will ask about your goals, what has or hasn’t helped before, and your preferences. Together you decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as you go to find what actually helps you feel better in day-to-day life.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat or messaging can be useful for brief updates, between-session coaching, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, home, or other routines while keeping the focus on practical strategies and gradual progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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