About Michael
Michael Fentress is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) and a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with ten years of experience. He practices in Florida and focuses on practical support for people facing hard moments. He aims to build a calm, respectful space where someone can talk and be heard.
He helps people work through depression, anxiety, addiction, and trauma. He also supports those coping with grief, stress, relationship strain, and challenges around intimacy and self-esteem.
How Michael works
His work includes attention to ADHD, bipolar concerns, and career or life-change struggles. Michael draws on a mix of approaches to fit each person's needs, including acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment work, and cognitive-behavioral techniques. Sessions emphasize clear goals, skills you can use between meetings, and steps to reduce painful patterns.
He pays attention to how past relationships shape present problems. Parents and caregivers will find direct, down-to-earth help for parenting stress, blended family questions, and caregiver burnout. He also addresses less talked-about areas like kink and alternative sexual culture, adoption and foster care experiences, and aging-related adjustments.
Conversations focus on what matters to the client right now. Michael aims to help people notice what they value, try practical changes, and build routines that support day-to-day life. The tone in sessions is supportive and goal-oriented.
Michael lists 11 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.
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LMHC, LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and to take actions that align with personal values. It can help with anxiety, depression, addiction, and major life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current bonds and communication; it is useful for people struggling with trust, intimacy, or repeating relationship patterns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical behavior changes, which can reduce anxiety, depression, and unhelpful coping habits.Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work together with the person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Sessions typically start with practical goals and adjust the approach as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video works well for deeper conversation and learning skills that benefit from visual cues. Phone sessions can be helpful when bandwidth is limited or for a focused check-in. Live chat and text messaging offer shorter, flexible check-ins and tools to keep momentum between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family, and daily life.
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