About Michael
Michael Settepani is a licensed professional counselor and a licensed clinical mental health counselor with three years of clinical experience. He offers straightforward, calm guidance for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, or depression. He speaks plainly and aims to make starting therapy feel manageable.
Michael focuses on practical steps for coping with life changes and improving daily functioning. He helps people notice unhelpful patterns, practice small changes, and build confidence.
How Michael works
Sessions emphasize clear goals and workable strategies rather than long lectures. He pays attention to communication problems and many kinds of anxiety, including panic attacks, social anxiety, and seasonal mood shifts. He also supports people navigating mood disorders and the unique pressures young adults often face.
Conversations are kept conversational and goal-oriented. Michael aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space where clients can share feelings and try new ways of relating to themselves. He describes therapy as a collaborative process where small steps lead to meaningful change.
He encourages clients to bring questions and to set the pace. People who prefer a direct but empathetic style often find his approach useful. Michael frames progress as steady and practical, with attention to skills that make day-to-day life easier and more satisfying.
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.
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Training and background
| Registers | LPC, LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | South Carolina |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Many clients benefit from structured, evidence-based techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing them with real-life experiments; this helps reduce anxiety, panic symptoms, and negative self-talk. Another useful approach concentrates on building concrete coping skills like breathing, grounding, and activity planning to manage mood shifts and the low energy of seasonal affective disorder.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to figure out which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That process may include trying brief techniques, tracking what works, and adjusting plans together over time.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video is helpful for in-depth conversation and nonverbal cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is low, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between meetings.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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