About Michael
Michael Rehg is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Missouri who focuses on practical, down-to-earth therapy. He uses straightforward talk and active listening to help people manage anxiety, stress, grief, anger, and depression. He keeps sessions simple and goal oriented so families and individuals can make steady progress.
He has nine years of overall experience in community mental health and school-based settings. That work included individual and group sessions and helping people who were coping with trauma, community violence, and family conflict.
Background and approach
He pays close attention to how culture and background shape what someone believes and how they respond to life events. Michael draws on approaches that emphasize the client’s experience and present-day thinking. He often uses cognitive behavioral ideas to identify patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going.
He also brings client-centered practices that prioritize the person’s own goals and pace. In sessions he helps people set clear, realistic goals and tries to keep tools practical. That might mean learning ways to lower anxiety during stressful moments, practicing communication skills, or trying short problem-solving exercises between visits.
The focus is on what will be useful in daily life. He also works with concerns around sexuality, intimacy, attachment, parenting, and identity, including LGBTQ issues. Michael frames therapy as a team effort and aims to support people who are ready to make changes and build skills for a more manageable life.
Approach-driven care through online sessions
Michael often uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in online work. Client-centered therapy means conversations stay focused on the person’s priorities, with the therapist listening carefully and following the client’s lead to set goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at the thoughts and behaviors that keep problems like anxiety or depression going and teaches practical skills to change them.He may also use EMDR for trauma-related memories when appropriate, which involves processing distressing memories in a structured way to reduce their intensity. Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process - the therapist will talk with the client about goals, try ideas, and adjust methods based on what helps most.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options let people fit therapy into work or family schedules, use a shorter check-in when needed, choose a lower-bandwidth phone session, or keep a running conversation via messages between appointments. Such flexibility helps make regular work on goals more practical and consistent.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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