Michele Bonanno

Michele Bonanno is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 32 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. She also supports clients facing relationship strain, parenting challenges, addiction concerns, and issues with self-esteem and intimacy. Michele aims to make therapy straightforward and practical so people can use what they learn day to day.

Michele uses clear, person-centered methods that help people name what is hard and choose manageable next steps. She blends cognitive-behavioral ideas with acceptance work to help clients notice thoughts and take values-based action. Dialectical skills and attachment-focused conversations are used when emotion regulation or relationship patterns are central.

Many clients come with life changes, grief, chronic health problems, or long-standing patterns such as codependency and avoidance. Michele draws on decades of practice to help people break those cycles and build better routines for sleep, eating, and coping. She also works with concerns like ADHD, bipolar mood issues, and compassion fatigue in caregivers.

Michele practices from Florida and offers services in English. She accepts international clients. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and costs vary by location and therapist availability. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on availability.

Her style is calm and direct. Michele focuses on small, achievable changes that add up. She helps people build skills, recover from setbacks, and move toward clearer goals.

How therapeutic approaches work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then commit to actions that match their values. ACT is often used for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing them with real-world experiments to change mood and behavior; it is commonly used for depression, anxiety, and sleep or eating concerns. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current connections and helps people change interaction habits that get in the way of closeness or trust.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and collaborate on which methods fit best. Clients often try a mix of techniques at first and adjust as needed to see what helps in daily life.

The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make scheduling easier and help sessions fit into a busy week. It can reduce travel time, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and make it simpler to return to daily tasks after a session. Licensed professionals can guide practical skills and emotional processing just as they do in person, while tailoring pacing and exercises to each client's routine.