About Michael
Michael Woosley is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who brings nearly three decades of practice to therapy. He works in Missouri and offers straightforward, down-to-earth support for people facing hard problems. He writes plainly and listens closely to what matters to each person.
Michael has worked in independent practice, psychiatric settings, youth treatment centers, and community agencies. That variety shaped a practical approach. He draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and client-centered methods to meet different needs.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear goals and small, useful steps. Michael helps people name painful patterns and try different ways of coping. He mixes hands-on tools with time to talk through feelings and life choices.
Common concerns he sees include stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, and struggles with self-esteem. He also helps with sleep and eating problems, anger, career changes, and managing mood disorders. Michael works with people dealing with trauma, attachment and abandonment wounds, impulsivity, shame, and issues like infidelity or jealousy.
He also has experience supporting veterans and people with obsessive patterns. He offers sessions in English and accepts international clients. The first step is a simple matching process and scheduling based on availability.
Michael aims to make therapy direct, understandable, and focused on what will help next.
Therapeutic approaches that translate well online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify their values and act in ways that matter, even when feelings are hard. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. It often targets anxiety, panic, OCD patterns, and mood concerns. Client-centered therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship where the person leads the pace of change and is heard without pressure.Michael approaches deciding on methods as a collaborative process. He will talk with each person about goals, try an approach, and adjust based on what feels effective. Finding the right fit is part of therapy, not a one-time decision, and the therapist guides that process with input from the client.
Online sessions let people access these approaches without traveling to an office. Video calls support face-to-face work and exercises, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed, and live chat or text-based messaging work well for brief updates or ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, and daily life while keeping the focus on practical steps and steady progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 29 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English