About Michael
Michael Curry helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, low self-esteem, depression, addictions, and grief. He also supports those dealing with trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, sleep and eating problems, career strain, and coping with life changes. Michael uses practical approaches to help people move forward one step at a time.
He brings ten years of experience as an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - in Louisiana. His background includes work in mental health rehabilitation centers and a hospital setting, plus experience assisting people through church-based counseling.
How Michael works
That mix of settings has exposed him to a wide range of concerns and cultural perspectives. Michael tends to use clear, goal-focused methods in sessions. He draws on client-centered work to follow each person’s priorities and on cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thinking and behavior.
He also uses mindfulness practices to manage stress and elements of the Gottman Method for relationship issues. Sessions are practical and collaborative. Michael aims to help people build tools for day-to-day life, improve communication, and restore hope after setbacks.
He frames therapy as a step-by-step journey where each meeting focuses on specific, useful changes. Those coming for support can expect straightforward language and concrete suggestions. Michael combines therapeutic methods with life and spiritual experience to help clients set realistic goals and practice skills between sessions.
Michael lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
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
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Louisiana |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on what matters to the person in front of the therapist. The therapist follows the client's priorities, listens carefully, and helps people set their own goals and solutions. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact; it gives concrete exercises to test new ways of thinking and behaving and can help with anxiety, depression, and coping skills. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce stress and improve focus, often used alongside other techniques to manage strong emotions.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. That collaborative process guides which methods are emphasized and how sessions are structured.
Online options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and teaching skills, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat can support brief check-ins, and messaging helps track progress between sessions. These formats make scheduling easier and allow therapy to fit into work, family, and travel demands.
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