About Michael
Michael Frampus is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 18 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, bipolar disorder, and depression. He offers straightforward, practical support to help people get through hard times and build better day-to-day coping skills. Michael keeps the tone warm and approachable so conversations feel honest and down-to-earth.
Michael believes clients are in the driver's seat. He helps people identify personal strengths and notice the thinking patterns that get in the way.
Background and approach
Sessions mix goal-focused work with moments of levity when helpful, and space for emotion when it matters. The aim is clearer thinking and better tools for daily life. His background is in social work, and he has worked for nearly two decades in mental health and substance use treatment.
That experience informs concrete ways to address drug and alcohol problems, process addictions, and mood instability. He draws on practical strategies to reduce panic, manage social anxiety, and face traumatic memories. People often come to him for help with communication problems, personality or mood disorders, panic attacks, and post-traumatic stress.
He supports efforts to change patterns around porn, gambling, exercise, and other process addictions. Sessions are offered in English and conducted from his New Jersey practice. Michael focuses on building coping skills that fit each person’s life.
He encourages collaboration, steady progress, and realistic goals so people can move from surviving to living with more ease.
Approaches that guide online sessions and practical benefits
Many people benefit from clearly structured techniques that target thinking patterns and behavior. Cognitive-focused work involves identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-world experiments to reduce anxiety and depression. This approach helps when worry, negative self-talk, or mood swings make daily life harder.For addictions and substance use concerns, Michael draws on practical relapse-prevention strategies and planning work. These steps look at triggers, develop coping responses, and build routines that reduce risky moments. The focus is on small, sustainable changes that support recovery over time.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they adjust methods and pace so the plan fits the client’s life and needs.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation; phone calls can be quicker check-ins or when bandwidth is limited. Chat and text are useful for brief updates, check-ins between sessions, or when writing feels easier than talking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family, and day-to-day demands.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Bipolar disorder
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English