Michele Bonanno , LMHC

Michele Bonanno is a licensed mental health counselor with 32 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, and self-esteem struggles. She also supports clients facing relationship and intimacy issues, parenting challenges, addiction concerns, and the emotional fallout from major life changes. Michele works with people coping with grief, chronic illness, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and career pressure. Michele’s style is straightforward and person-centered. She listens first and helps people name what feels most urgent. Sessions focus on practical steps people can try between meetings, plus understanding patterns that keep problems repeating. Conversations are calm and goal-focused without being rushed. Her approach draws on therapies that teach skills and build awareness. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thoughts and acceptance-based tools to reduce struggle with painful feelings. Attachment-informed work and client-centered listening guide how she supports relationships and self-understanding. Michele has worked across many life stages and concerns, including adoption and foster care issues, caregiver stress, body image, and aging-related worries. She pays attention to how past losses and abandonment experiences shape current choices. Her long experience helps her tailor the work to each person’s needs. People choose Michele when they want clear steps, steady support, and a collaborative plan. She offers phone, video, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

Therapeutic approaches for online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people live according to their values while learning to accept difficult feelings rather than fight them. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, chronic pain, and situations where repeated worry or avoidance gets in the way of life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors using practical exercises and homework. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and mood regulation. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships influence current patterns. This work helps people understand connection, trust, and intimacy struggles and can support relationship repair and self-understanding.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Michele will talk with each person about goals, history, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made and needs change.

Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let you work face-to-face when a deeper conversation is needed. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low or a quick check-in is preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief updates and coping reminders easy between sessions. These options let people fit therapy around work, caregiving, and daily routines while using proven therapeutic techniques.