Michael Mudgett , LPC

Michael Mudgett, LPC, focuses on helping adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strains, grief, self-esteem concerns, and life transitions. He speaks plainly and aims to make therapy a straightforward place to talk about hard moments. His style is warm and interactive and geared toward people who want practical tools and clearer communication in daily life.

With 18 years of experience, he draws on several approaches to match what each person needs. He teaches listening and communication skills to help people connect and to address intimacy-related issues. Sessions often include skill-building for coping, stress relief, and handling anger or difficult relationship patterns.

Michael combines acceptance and commitment ideas, client-centered listening, cognitive-behavioral techniques, emotionally-focused perspectives, and EMDR for trauma work when appropriate. He describes therapy as a collaborative journey and adapts methods to each person's goals and preferences. He also integrates spiritual perspectives when clients wish to include them.

He works with a wide range of concerns including addictions, eating and sleeping problems, career stress, bipolar and mood concerns, compassion fatigue, and parenting challenges. Additional focus areas include attachment, body image, infertility stress, divorce and separation issues, and feelings of isolation or jealousy.

Based in Michigan, Michael offers sessions in English and uses video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. He helps people learn practical steps they can use between sessions to move forward and feel more in control.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without letting them control behavior, and to focus on actions that match their values. ACT can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions where someone wants to take meaningful steps forward. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful habits and reduce symptoms like worry or low mood. CBT is often used for anxiety, sleep problems, and mood concerns. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a structured approach for processing trauma memories so they cause less distress; it can be used with people who have trauma or abuse histories.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and history to decide which methods to try first. Sessions may blend techniques and will be adapted as progress or needs change, with the client included in those decisions.

Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels. Video calls allow visual connection for communication skills practice, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a short break at work, and messaging or live chat can support brief check-ins and between-session work. These options make it easier to maintain consistency while balancing everyday responsibilities.