About Mike
Mike Driscoll is a licensed clinician practicing in Illinois with 14 years of experience as a mental health professional. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, anger, depression, and major life changes. He approaches each person as the expert on their own story and offers steady support while they make changes.
Driscoll uses straightforward, practical work in sessions. He draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
Background and approach
He also uses Existential Therapy to talk about meaning, responsibility, and life purpose. Solution-Focused Therapy helps set small, achievable goals and track progress. Sessions are paced to fit the individual.
Some people want concrete tools to calm anxiety. Others want time to process loss or face questions about purpose. Mike adapts the mix of tools to what a person needs in the moment.
He has particular experience with aging and geriatric concerns, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and issues first responders often face. He also supports people dealing with guilt, shame, forgiveness, obsessions and compulsions, and paranoia. These are handled in simple, goal-oriented ways that respect each person's values.
Mike communicates in English and sees people across state lines, including international clients. He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels.
Approach and Online Care
Mike uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and habits, which can reduce anxiety and lift mood. He also draws on Existential Therapy to talk about meaning, responsibility, and life purpose when those questions feel pressing.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to try techniques, see what helps, and adjust the plan based on goals and preferences. Sessions are meant to be a team effort where practical steps are weighed alongside deeper conversations.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video is useful for more in-depth conversations, phone calls can fit into a busy day, and chat or text can be a quick check-in or a way to work without being on camera. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care and to use therapy methods that match a person's schedule and needs.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Anger management
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- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English