Michael Denning

Michael Denning is a Florida licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with seven years of clinical experience helping people with stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, and self-esteem concerns. He works with adults facing life changes, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, anger, and career strain. He also supports people managing ADHD, bipolar symptoms, and compassion fatigue. Michael emphasizes that clients know their own lives best and brings a respectful, practical approach to sessions.

Michael’s style is collaborative and straightforward. He listens first, then helps clients set clear, achievable goals. Sessions focus on small changes that add up over time. He uses talk-based methods and brief skills practice so people can try new ways of coping between meetings.

He draws on client-centered principles to follow each person’s lead, and uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and change behavior. Mindfulness skills are offered to build present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused methods help people find the motivation and concrete next steps they need.

Across seven years of work in Florida, Michael has worked with people facing trauma, substance challenges, and complicated life transitions. He frames progress as steady and practical, not perfect, and encourages clients to notice small wins. He aims to help people regain a sense of control and move toward clearer choices.

If you want to explore coping strategies, manage mood symptoms, or address relationship and addiction concerns, he invites you to take the first step and begin the matching process.

Approaches that translate to online care

Michael often uses client-centered therapy, which means sessions focus on the person’s concerns and priorities. The therapist listens closely, reflects what he hears, and helps clients name goals they want to reach.

He also uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT gives practical tools for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and patterns that keep people stuck.

Mindfulness techniques are offered as short practices to calm the body and reduce reactivity. These are presented in simple steps people can try between meetings to notice stress and respond differently.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michael will work with each client to choose methods that fit their goals and preferences. That choice is collaborative and can change as progress is made.

Confirm the session formats before booking to know what is currently offered. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when schedules demand, and reduce travel time. It can also let people practice new skills in real-life routines and bring examples from daily life directly into sessions.