About Michael
Michael Strangstalien is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Arizona with 25 years of experience. He helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship problems, and life changes. He also supports people struggling with focus and attention concerns often labeled as ADHD.
He speaks English and offers sessions online by multiple formats. Michael prefers a straightforward, strengths-based approach. He treats the person as the expert on their own life and looks for existing abilities to build on.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical steps and clear goals rather than jargon. He encourages small, manageable changes that add up over time. In sessions he listens for patterns around attachment, control, communication, and guilt or shame.
He works with people facing divorce or separation, workplace stress, social anxiety, panic, and trauma-related symptoms. He also addresses questions of life purpose and isolation, and supports women’s issues and sexuality when they come up. Therapy with Michael often includes talking through recent problems, learning new ways to react to stress, and trying experiments between sessions.
He aims to make concepts usable in daily life, such as routines for focus, steps for handling panic, or communication practices for tense conversations. He invites collaboration on goals and next steps. To begin, a prospective client completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules according to availability.
Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
Approaches that guide online work and what to expect
Many of Michael's methods focus on practical, evidence-based techniques that help with anxiety and attention concerns. One common approach emphasizes skill-building for managing stress and panic - learning breathing, grounding, and short behavioral steps to reduce immediate symptoms. This helps people who notice frequent worry or panic attacks.Another common strand focuses on routines and attention strategies for people with focus difficulties. That work includes breaking tasks into smaller steps, using external cues and structure, and planning short experiments to see what helps day-to-day functioning. These techniques are useful for workplace issues and managing everyday concentration struggles.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Michael works collaboratively to identify which techniques fit a person's goals, preferences, and life situation. He will suggest approaches, try them in session, and adjust based on what actually helps.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which let people choose what fits their schedule. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging suits brief check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, or school routines while keeping a consistent course of care.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Depression
Also listed
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Arizona
- Languages
- English
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