Michele Bonanno

Michele Bonanno is a licensed mental health counselor with 32 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship struggles. She supports people facing attention challenges, addictions, grief, low self-esteem, and major life changes. Michele focuses on practical coping skills and steady emotional support for everyday pressures.

Her work uses clear, person-centered methods that respect each client’s pace. Sessions emphasize understanding what matters to the individual, identifying patterns that cause pain, and building small, usable changes. She often mixes behavioral tools with ways to deepen emotional connection to oneself.

Michele draws on several therapeutic approaches, including acceptance-based strategies, attachment-focused work, cognitive-behavioral techniques, and emotion regulation skills. That mix allows her to address concerns like intimacy problems, parenting strain, career stress, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people dealing with long-term conditions such as chronic pain and caregiving burden.

Her background covers a wide range of issues people bring to therapy, from body image and eating concerns to bipolar disorder and co-morbidity. Michele aims to help clients set realistic goals, practice new habits, and notice progress over time. She describes therapy as a collaborative process where practical steps build greater emotional balance.

Located in Florida, Michele combines decades of clinical experience with a down-to-earth style. People who prefer clear guidance and steady support may find her approach helpful when facing life’s transitions and persistent emotional challenges.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Michele uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy among her tools. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then choose actions that match their values. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationship patterns shape current emotional needs and helps people strengthen secure ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) identifies unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and teaches practical steps to change them.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michele treats the choice of methods as collaborative and based on the client’s needs, goals, and preferences. She will help identify which strategies fit best and adjust the plan as progress is made.

The original biography does not specify session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people meet from different states when international arrangements are agreed. Ask about the available session lengths and how scheduling works to match therapy to everyday life.