About Michael
Michael Jankowski is a licensed clinical social worker in Michigan with twenty years of practice. He focuses on practical help for people coping with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, relationship concerns, and LGBT-related issues. Michael writes plainly and listens closely to where a person is starting from.
He aims to be present and to meet people where they are. Sessions are grounded in real problems and real steps that a person can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Michael helps people rebuild motivation, work through grief or loss, and weigh difficult choices with calm attention. His work addresses a wide range of concerns beyond mood and anxiety.
He supports people facing attachment and abandonment wounds, issues around kink and alternative sex culture, caregiving burdens, cancer and hospice related stress, HIV and AIDS related concerns, and the fallout from infidelity or separation. Communication problems and feelings of emptiness are also common topics he helps people talk through.
Michael draws on approaches that center the person, add practical tools, and encourage mindful self-awareness. Those methods include client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, motivational interviewing, solution-focused planning, and mindfulness practices. He adapts these to each person's goals and pace.
People who choose Michael can expect straightforward conversation, goal-oriented sessions, and flexible online formats. He holds credentials as an LMSW and as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW.
Practical approaches that translate online
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding a person without judgment and following their pace to set meaningful goals. This approach helps when someone needs a steady, listening presence and clear support while they make changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches tools to test and change unhelpful patterns; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and everyday stress.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will listen to your goals and try methods that fit your needs. Together you will decide which techniques to keep using and which to adjust as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for full conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when you prefer voice only. Chat and text options support shorter check-ins, quick problem-solving, and flexible timing during a busy day. These options aim to make it easier to keep therapy consistent and practical for real life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Michigan, Florida, Washington, Oregon
- Languages
- English