About Michael
Michael Feldman is a licensed professional counselor with 18 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar symptoms, relationship struggles, and trauma. He practices in Louisiana and offers straightforward, practical support for everyday problems and deeper emotional wounds. He keeps sessions focused on what matters most to the person in front of him.
Conversations move from understanding what is hard now to small, doable steps that change how someone feels and copes.
Background and approach
He uses clear language and measurable goals rather than clinical jargon. Michael pays attention to how culture, identity, and discrimination shape someone's life. He works with people on issues such as infidelity, non-monogamous relationship dynamics, and the emotional effects of prejudice.
He also helps with postpartum depression, seasonal mood shifts, and process addictions like gambling or problematic pornography use. His background includes work with older adults and with people managing personality challenges. Michael blends several practical approaches in sessions, tailoring methods to each person's needs while keeping sessions grounded and direct.
He listens for strengths to build on and patterns that get in the way. Appointments can include different formats to fit a person's routine, and Michael explains options clearly before starting. He aims to make therapy a place where people can test new ways of coping, repair relationships, and find steadier ground after trauma.
Practical approaches for online therapy and trauma work
Michael often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress because it focuses on clear goals and exercises you can practice between sessions.He also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing to address traumatic memories. EMDR involves guided processing of distressing memories so they feel less overwhelming and intrusive over time. This approach is commonly used when past events keep affecting daily life.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Michael will talk with each person about their goals, history, and what feels most comfortable before suggesting a path. That collaborative planning helps match methods to the issue and pace of change someone wants.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video works well for step-by-step skill practice, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or chat can fit short check-ins during a busy week. These options make it easier to schedule consistent care and to keep therapy going when life is hectic.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Infidelity
- Multicultural concerns
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English