About Michael
Prof. Michael McGaugh helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, and parenting concerns. He also supports people facing trauma and abuse, ADHD, career challenges, compassion fatigue, and a wide range of emotional struggles.
He is identified as an LPC and has 22 years of experience in mental health work in Missouri. He often uses clear, practical conversations to help people see problems from a different angle.
How Michael works
Sessions focus on building coping skills and making choices that feel more helpful day to day. He aims to make therapy straightforward and useful for people juggling busy lives. McGaugh spent years as an adult case manager and an intake specialist before concentrating on counseling.
That background gives him experience with community services and the referral systems that surround care. He combines that experience with formal graduate education in psychology and mental health counseling. His day-to-day approach draws from Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and mindfulness-informed work.
He leans on techniques that encourage present-moment awareness and practical skill building. The goal is to leave sessions with new tools to try between meetings. People who reach out can expect collaborative conversations and focused problem-solving.
He works with concerns such as abandonment, codependency, midlife crisis, panic attacks, OCD symptoms, and end-of-life issues. Therapy aims to reduce distress and increase the ability to make healthier decisions.
Michael lists 8 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
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 22 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Missouri |
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Online support options
How his approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on building a strong working relationship and listening to what matters most to the person. It helps people feel heard and guides sessions by their priorities rather than a fixed agenda.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is commonly used for anxiety, depression, panic, obsessive thoughts, and many everyday problems.
Mindfulness-informed work encourages present-moment awareness and simple practices to reduce reactivity. These techniques can help with stress, grief, and anger by strengthening attention and self-regulation.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and adjust over time as needs change.
Online formats make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be helpful when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging supports shorter check-ins or ongoing contact between sessions. These options offer flexibility and access for people in different time zones and locations.
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