- Strengths focused
- Practical skills
- English sessions
About Michael
Michael Holmes is a licensed counselor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and low self-esteem. He works with clients facing trauma, abuse, and depression, and he emphasizes each person's strengths when beginning work together. Michael presents a straightforward, encouraging approach that aims to make the first step feel possible.
He believes clients know their own stories and brings five years of clinical experience to conversations about coping and recovery. Sessions typically center on practical skills and clear steps people can use between meetings. Michael helps clients build motivation and confidence while naming small, realistic goals to make progress.
Michael also addresses concerns tied to attachment and abandonment, communication struggles, and fatherhood issues. He supports people dealing with family of origin problems, divorce and separation, and caregiver stress. He is familiar with responses such as dissociation and disruptive mood patterns and works to make them understandable and manageable.
When grief or loss is present, Michael focuses on pacing work to fit how the person is handling change. With body image or self-worth concerns, he helps people notice patterns and try new behaviors that improve daily life. His style is practical and respectful, aimed at helping people make steady changes.
Michael is licensed as an LPCC and an LPC and practices in Kentucky. He offers sessions in English and asks that new clients complete a short matching questionnaire to begin the process.
How therapeutic approaches guide online support
Michael uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on concrete skills and problem solving. One common approach emphasizes building coping skills for stress and anxiety, teaching breathing, grounding, and behavioral experiments to reduce overwhelm and increase calm. Another approach helps people work through trauma and grief by pacing difficult material and teaching tools to manage strong emotions, so painful memories feel less disruptive day to day.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will ask about your goals, what has helped before, and what feels doable now. Together you will try strategies, check what works, and adjust the plan so it fits your needs and preferences.
If you are considering online work, confirm the session formats when you book to know what Michael currently offers. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when days are tight. It can also let people meet with a licensed professional from different locations within the same region, while keeping the focus on practical change and ongoing support.
Areas of focus
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Michael commonly address?
He helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, and depression, plus related issues like attachment, abandonment, and communication problems.
What is his approach to therapy?
He centers work on practical skills and achievable goals, helping clients use their own strengths to cope and make change.
How much clinical experience does he have?
Michael has five years of professional work experience in counseling settings.
What credentials and location should I know?
He holds the credentials LPCC and LPC and practices in Kentucky.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with him?
He is not currently accepting international clients.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.