About Michael
Dr. Michael Vigil is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety. He works with adults on problems like depression, addiction, relationship strain, grief, and trauma.
His style is direct and practical, aimed at finding workable steps during hard times. He draws on about 11 years of clinical experience across many settings, including substance use treatment, college counseling, community outpatient clinics, and psychiatric emergency stabilization.
Background and approach
That background means he is familiar with crises and ongoing struggles, and he uses that experience to shape treatment plans. Dr. Vigil uses a mix of approaches to fit each person’s needs.
He leans on client-centered listening while adding behavioral tools to change unhelpful patterns. He favors methods that teach coping skills, emotional regulation, and ways to stay committed to meaningful life goals. Cultural context is part of his work.
He pays attention to how a person’s background and beliefs affect their thinking and behavior, and he adapts interventions to match those influences. He also focuses on strengths, helping people build on what already works for them. In sessions he offers clear, step-by-step options and collaborates on goals.
Practical skills, guided reflection, and homework between sessions are common parts of the process. He aims to help people get unstuck and move toward more stable day-to-day functioning.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts while committing to actions that fit their values. It is often useful for anxiety, depression, and making life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thinking patterns that lead to distress and practicing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and low mood. Client-Centered Therapy centers on listening and acceptance to help people clarify their own goals and feel understood.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Dr. Vigil will talk with each person about goals, symptoms, and preferences, and then suggest a blend of methods. That collaborative process means interventions are matched to what actually helps the client in daily life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for in-depth sessions where visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat and text are helpful for brief check-ins, tracking progress, or getting support between longer sessions. These options offer flexibility for scheduling around work, school, or caregiving demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Alaska
- Languages
- English
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