About Michael
Michael Fronk is a licensed clinical social worker in Texas who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and relationship struggles. He supports those coping with family conflict, self-esteem concerns, trauma and intimacy issues, bipolar symptoms, ADHD, and major life changes. Michael keeps language simple and direct so parents and busy adults can understand what to expect.
He aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about thoughts and feelings.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical steps and clearer choices rather than jargon. Michael encourages small experiments between sessions so progress is visible and doable. His style blends client-centered listening with structured techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy.
He also uses attachment-based ideas to help people understand relationship patterns and existential questions to explore meaning and direction. This mix is adapted to each person’s needs and goals. Michael has nine years of professional experience and holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, LCSW.
He draws on that background to guide conversations toward workable changes, not just insight. Many people come for help with communication problems, codependency, abandonment or attachment concerns, substance use, and family of origin issues. Michael works at a steady pace and helps clients set achievable goals for day-to-day life.
To begin, he asks simple questions about what matters most and what has been tried so far. From there he and the client build a plan that fits schedules and priorities.
Approach and benefits of online therapy
Attachment-based work focuses on how early bonds shape current relationships and helps people notice patterns that affect closeness and trust. It can be useful for those struggling with abandonment, attachment issues, or difficulties in emotional intimacy.Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and meeting a person where they are. The therapist follows the client’s concerns and supports self-directed change, which helps when someone needs space to explore values, identity, or motivation.
Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It introduces practical exercises and strategies to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful habits.
Choosing the right approach is part of the collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust as progress unfolds. Clients help shape which tools and focuses are used in sessions.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexible ways to work week-to-week. Video calls are good for deeper conversations and reading nonverbal cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English