About Michael
Michael MacKinnon is a licensed professional counselor with ten years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction. He offers straightforward, practical support aimed at improving daily life and relationships. Michael works with individuals on goals they set, using clear steps and real-world strategies.
He focuses on common struggles like mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, and the effects of trauma and abuse. He also helps people dealing with workplace pressure, social anxiety, and loneliness.
Background and approach
Michael addresses complicated topics such as domestic violence, sex addiction, and issues tied to adoption and foster care with care and directness. Michael pays attention to the ways guilt, shame, and control problems show up in someone’s life. He helps people untangle communication problems and rebuild trust in themselves and others.
Forgiveness and self-love are practical goals he supports through focused conversation and action plans. Sessions blend short-term problem solving with attention to longer patterns that keep problems repeating. Michael encourages small, manageable steps that fit a person’s daily routine.
He emphasizes real change that feels possible, not just ideas on a page. Conversations are in English and he accepts international clients. Michael practices in Georgia as an LPC - licensed professional counselor - and brings a decade of helping people find clearer direction and greater calm.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Many clients benefit from evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on changing thoughts, behaviors, and coping skills. One common approach helps people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try different ways of interpreting situations to reduce anxiety and improve mood. Another approach emphasizes practicing new behaviors and skills in everyday life to break cycles of avoidance and build healthier routines. These methods are useful for anxiety, depression, trauma reactions, and addictive behaviors.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which techniques fit best with their goals and preferences. Treatment plans can shift as progress is made, and Michael will check in regularly to tailor the work to what is most helpful.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a good option for quick check-ins. Live chat and text messaging let people send shorter updates or check in between sessions. These options make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life and keep continuity when schedules change.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
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- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English