About Michael
Michael Reina is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 37 years of practice in California. He helps people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, career strain, or the fallout from trauma and abuse. He creates a calm space where people can say what they really think and feel without judgment.
Michael emphasizes clear communication and practical steps. Sessions focus on understanding what is happening now and trying small changes that can make daily life easier.
Background and approach
He listens for patterns that keep problems returning and works with clients to break those cycles. His approach draws on client-centered work, cognitive behavioral tools, and trauma-focused methods. That mix lets him tailor sessions to a person’s needs, whether someone needs help with panic attacks, social anxiety, or workplace stress.
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing is one of the tools he may use when past events keep causing strong reactions. Michael also addresses related concerns such as caregiver stress, guilt and shame, isolation, and men’s issues. He supports people navigating midlife transitions and difficult career shifts.
The work tends to be straightforward and focused on real-life outcomes. Sessions are available in English and are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging. To begin, a brief matching questionnaire helps connect a person to the right schedule and session format.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what a person says so they feel understood and can find their own solutions; it helps when someone needs a nonjudgmental space to talk through worry or life change. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, teaches skills to identify unhelpful thoughts and test them with practical experiments, which can reduce anxiety and improve mood. EMDR, or eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, works with how distressing memories are held in the body and mind and can be useful when past events continue to trigger panic or strong emotional reactions.Figuring out the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each client about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. That conversation guides whether sessions emphasize skills training, emotion processing, or a blend of approaches chosen with the client’s input.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit your life. Video is useful for full conversations and visual cues, phone calls are good when bandwidth is limited, live chat and texting can work for quick check-ins or when typing feels easier. These formats make it simpler to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, or other obligations while keeping the focus on progress and practical change.
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What this therapist works with
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- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Career difficulties
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- Experience
- 37 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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