- Warm person-centered care
- Practical coping skills
- Trauma aware approach
About Michele
Michele Bonanno is a licensed mental health counselor with more than 32 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship concerns. She draws on a long career to offer steady, practical support for everyday struggles and deeper wounds. Michele works with adults facing life changes, addiction challenges, parenting strain, sleep and eating problems, and issues around intimacy and self-worth.
Her style is warm and person-centered. She listens for the patterns that keep people stuck and helps clients try new ways of responding. Michele uses a mix of approaches to match the needs of each person rather than one fixed method.
In sessions she focuses on concrete skills and understanding what matters most to each client. She pulls from cognitive behavioral ideas to change unhelpful thinking and from acceptance-based ideas to build willingness around hard feelings. Attachment-focused work and dialectical strategies also appear when they fit the goals.
Michele emphasizes practical steps that fit day-to-day life. She helps people find ways to manage anger, improve coping with trauma, navigate career stress, and work through abandonment or caregiver strain. Her goal is to help clients leave therapy with clearer choices and tools they can use.
She practices in Florida as a FL LMHC - Licensed Mental Health Counselor. Sessions are conducted in English and Michele welcomes international clients. Before booking, readers should confirm current session options and scheduling details.
Her style is warm and person-centered. She listens for the patterns that keep people stuck and helps clients try new ways of responding. Michele uses a mix of approaches to match the needs of each person rather than one fixed method.
In sessions she focuses on concrete skills and understanding what matters most to each client. She pulls from cognitive behavioral ideas to change unhelpful thinking and from acceptance-based ideas to build willingness around hard feelings. Attachment-focused work and dialectical strategies also appear when they fit the goals.
Michele emphasizes practical steps that fit day-to-day life. She helps people find ways to manage anger, improve coping with trauma, navigate career stress, and work through abandonment or caregiver strain. Her goal is to help clients leave therapy with clearer choices and tools they can use.
She practices in Florida as a FL LMHC - Licensed Mental Health Counselor. Sessions are conducted in English and Michele welcomes international clients. Before booking, readers should confirm current session options and scheduling details.
How Michele’s approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most and take small actions toward those values even when feelings are hard. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and making life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting and shifting thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going, which helps with worry, low mood, and sleep or eating concerns. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early relationship patterns and how they affect current connections, and it can help with intimacy, abandonment issues, and relationship distress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michele will collaborate with each client to pick 1 or more methods that fit their goals, needs, and personal preferences. Sessions often mix practical skills with reflective work so people can try things between meetings and see what helps.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm the current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people work with a licensed professional in Florida from other locations, including international clients, while focusing on skills, insight, and real-world practice.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
AddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigue
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyGottman MethodJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family SystemsSystemic Therapy
Experience
32+ years
Credentials
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Michele help with?
Michele works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, addiction, ADHD, parenting strain, sleep and eating difficulties, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is person-centered and practical. She listens, identifies unhelpful patterns, and introduces skills and perspectives clients can try between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She brings 32 years of clinical experience working with adults on a range of emotional and behavioral issues. That long experience informs how she tailors treatment to each person.
Where is Michele licensed and based?
She is licensed in Florida as an FL LMHC - Licensed Mental Health Counselor and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She accepts international clients, though potential clients should confirm any regional details before booking.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Specific rates should be checked during the sign-up process.
What steps are needed to begin sessions?
To get started, select the continue button on this profile, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.