Michael Fentress, LMHC, LPC

Michael Fentress is a licensed mental health counselor and licensed professional counselor practicing in Florida. He brings ten years of experience helping people navigate depression, addiction, relationship struggles, and major life changes. He aims to build an affirming space where clients feel heard and respected.

He focuses on practical steps people can use day to day, such as coping strategies for stress and tools to manage anxiety. He talks with clients about self-worth, loneliness, and clearer ways to handle conflict at work or home. He also supports people working through grief, trauma, and issues linked to identity and intimacy.

Michael draws on several approaches to shape sessions, including cognitive behavioral methods and attachment-based ideas. Sessions tend to center on what matters most to the client and how to make small, steady changes. He works collaboratively and adjusts the pace to each person’s needs.

He has experience with a wide range of concerns, from ADHD and bipolar mood challenges to compassion fatigue and caregiving stress. He also addresses topics like abandonment, adoption and foster care, chronic illness, and alternative sexual cultures with sensitivity.

People who prefer a direct, respectful conversation about real-life problems may find his style fits well. To begin, clients follow the site’s matching steps and schedule time based on availability.

How Michael’s Approaches Guide Online Work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters most and take small steps toward those values while accepting difficult feelings. It can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and teaches practical strategies to change patterns that feed distress. It is often used for anxiety, mood issues, and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people build more secure ways of relating to others and to themselves.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works together with each client to decide which methods fit best based on goals, needs, and personal preferences. That collaborative testing helps keep sessions relevant and useful.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, shorten commute time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Some approaches lend themselves to goal-focused homework and skill practice between sessions, which can be done from home or during breaks in the day. Ask about session lengths and available formats when you schedule so the practical details match your routine.