About Michael
Michael Brown helps people manage anxiety, stress, grief, and big life changes. He is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) and a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with seven years of clinical experience in Pennsylvania. Michael keeps language simple and sessions focused on practical steps people can use between meetings.
He emphasizes listening first, then building a plan with the person in front of him. Sessions often include exercises to notice thoughts and feelings, improve communication, and practice calm in stressful moments.
How Michael works
Michael draws on approaches such as acceptance and commitment strategies, cognitive-behavioral tools, and emotion-focused work to match what the person needs. Many people come for help with relationships, parenting strain, career stress, or trauma and abuse history. He also supports those coping with bipolar symptoms, depression, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and problems with intimacy or self-worth.
The work balances short-term skill building and deeper emotional processing depending on goals. Michael uses a warm and direct style. He aims to make therapy practical and understandable, not full of jargon.
People can expect straightforward guidance, chances to practice new habits, and discussion about how changes are going in real life. Sessions are offered online through video, phone, live chat, or text messaging so people can choose what fits their schedule. International clients who speak English may work with him as well.
Michael lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
What Michael works with
The areas below are the ones Michael selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LMHC, LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Pennsylvania |
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Online support options
How Michael’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and choosing actions that match your values. Online ACT helps people manage anxiety, depression, and life changes by teaching simple skills you can practice between sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions link together and teaches practical steps to change unhelpful patterns. In online CBT, clients often work on short exercises and homework to see tangible changes. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people name and make sense of strong feelings to improve closeness and communication in relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michael will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, symptoms, and daily demands. That decision can change over time as progress is made, and sessions often combine techniques from different approaches to fit a person's needs.
Online sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and practice, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for focused check-ins, and text messaging lets people send short updates or questions between meetings. These options give flexibility to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving schedules while keeping the focus on practical steps and emotional work.
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