- Person-centered
- Action-focused
- Attachment-aware
About Michele
Michele Bonanno is a licensed mental health counselor with 32 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and intimacy concerns, and challenges like ADHD and addictions. Her tone is compassionate and direct, aimed at people who want practical steps and clearer ways to cope.
She uses a person-centered approach that honors each individual's strengths and values. Michele combines cognitive behavioral techniques with acceptance-based ideas to help clients notice unhelpful thoughts and take actions that matter to them. She also draws on attachment-based work to look at how early patterns affect current relationships.
Michele often focuses on real-life skills such as emotion regulation, improving sleep and eating routines, and managing anger or grief. Sessions include talking through current problems, learning new coping tools, and setting small achievable goals. Michele aims to make change doable and relevant to everyday life.
Her experience covers a broad range of concerns including parenting stress, caregiver strain, career transitions, and complicated grief. Adoption and foster care is listed among the areas she pays attention to when it affects a client's emotional life. Michele works with people facing long-term medical issues, body image struggles, and commitment or codependency patterns.
Clients can expect a steady, respectful presence that balances practical strategies with attention to emotional experience. Michele practices in Florida and communicates in English. She accepts international clients through the service's intake process.
How Michele's approaches shape online care
Michele uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy in straightforward, practical ways. ACT focuses on helping people notice unhelpful thoughts, clarify personal values, and take small actions that move life in a desired direction; it can be helpful for anxiety, depression, and coping with change. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns influence current connections and trust; it can help people understand recurring relationship struggles and build healthier relational habits.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Michele works with each person to match techniques to goals and preferences. Early sessions often include trying different strategies and deciding together which ones feel most helpful for daily life.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow short check-ins when needed. It also lets people practice skills in the places where their daily life happens, which can speed up applying new routines and coping tools.
Areas of expertise
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
32+ years
Credentials
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What problems does Michele work with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and intimacy concerns, ADHD, addictions, grief, parenting strain, caregiver stress, and related life changes.
What is Michele's therapy style like?
The style is person-centered and practical. Sessions focus on understanding feelings, learning coping skills, and setting doable goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Michele brings 32 years of experience as a licensed mental health counselor to her work with clients.
What credentials and region apply to her practice?
She holds the credential LMHC and practices in Florida as a Florida LMHC.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she is available to work with international clients through the platform intake process.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees and billing handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Michele?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.