About Michael
Rev. Michael Abell is a Licensed Professional Counselor who blends long experience in pastoral ministry with clinical work. He brings a straightforward, faith-aware perspective and a practical focus to sessions.
He aims to help people move from where they are to where they want to be by using their own strengths. He has worked in counseling roles for over a decade and draws on years of real-world experience supporting people through difficult times.
Background and approach
Sessions tend to be conversational and goal-oriented. He listens first, then helps clients build steps they can try between meetings. Michael often helps people facing anxiety, depression, stress, relationship problems, and parenting challenges.
He also works with concerns such as addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, ADHD, and career questions. He pays attention to family dynamics, blended family issues, fatherhood challenges, and forgiveness work. His approach includes client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, emotionally-focused ideas, and solution-focused work.
That means sessions may focus on understanding feelings, changing unhelpful thinking, improving emotional connection, or setting small practical goals. Michael practices in Pennsylvania and offers support in English. He combines a pastoral background with counseling skills to provide calm, steady guidance.
People who like a collaborative, encouraging partner may find his style a good fit.
How his approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building on a person's own strengths. In practice this means the therapist offers empathy and reflection so clients can make sense of their feelings and decide next steps for issues like anxiety or self-esteem.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts influence feelings and behavior. Online sessions can include identifying unhelpful thinking, trying new coping strategies, and setting small experiments to change patterns related to depression, anxiety, or ADHD.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide whether to focus more on emotional connection, thinking skills, or short-term solutions and adjust as needed.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and emotional work. Phone sessions fit times with lower bandwidth or when being on camera is not desired. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between sessions or do shorter, focused exchanges during a busy week.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English