About Michael
Michael Bohman is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with four decades of experience helping people manage stress, addiction, trauma, and life transitions. He uses straightforward, practical methods to help people feel steadier and make clearer choices. Michael works from a recovery-oriented perspective and focuses on the everyday problems that wear people down.
He draws on client-centered work to listen closely and shape therapy around each person's goals. He uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and build new habits.
Background and approach
Mindfulness techniques help people notice feelings without becoming overwhelmed. Across his career Michael has worked in many settings, including clinical programs for mental health, substance use, and domestic violence. He has also provided clinical supervision, training, and program development.
That background means he often brings a broad view of services and practical resources into sessions. People come to him for a wide range of concerns such as anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy problems, parenting stress, ADHD, and coping with chronic illness or caregiving demands. He also supports those dealing with substance use, trauma, and life-purpose questions.
Michael aims to help people build routines and strategies that fit their daily lives. Sessions focus on clear steps and useful skills. He helps people set realistic goals, track progress, and adjust approaches when needed.
The pace is collaborative and respectful, with attention to what matters most to each person.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and tailoring sessions to each person's goals. Online sessions let the therapist and client focus on what matters most and adjust pace or methods based on how the person responds. This approach helps when people need practical problem solving or support through transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is about identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors. Online CBT often includes short between-session exercises, tracking thoughts and activities, and step-by-step skill practice that fits into daily life. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and mood regulation challenges.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple ways to notice feelings and bodily reactions without reacting instantly. Those practices can be guided in a live call or reinforced through brief text reminders and recorded exercises sent between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the process and happens together. The therapist will review goals, try approaches, and change methods if something does not fit. Clients help set priorities so sessions stay focused on meaningful change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well when visual cues help the conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief updates, reminders, or ongoing coaching between scheduled meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or treatment schedules.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Traumatic brain injury
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English