About Michael
Michael Gusack helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and addiction. He also supports those struggling with low self-esteem, sleep problems, anger, bipolar mood challenges, and life changes. Michael is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with over four decades of experience in clinical work.
He focuses on practical skills people can use day to day. Sessions are direct and solution-oriented, with a relaxed manner that aims to make hard topics easier to talk about.
Background and approach
He blends structured approaches with attention to each person’s goals and pace. Michael works with adults facing chronic illness, aging and geriatric concerns, cancer, chronic pain, and disability. He also addresses codependency, forgiveness, life purpose, panic attacks, phobias, and post-traumatic stress.
He includes coaching elements when people want guidance on specific life changes. His methods include cognitive behavioral tools, acceptance and commitment strategies, client-centered listening, EMDR, and hypnotherapy. Those approaches are chosen to fit what each person needs rather than following a single template.
Michael draws on 41 years of clinical experience and has published work in the field. He aims to help people move from frustration to clearer choices and more reliable coping. The goal is practical change people can use between sessions.
Sessions are offered in English and take place with attention to the person’s schedule and communication preferences.
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice what matters most to them and take small, practical actions toward those values even when thoughts or feelings are difficult. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks down unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns into manageable steps so people can try new responses that reduce anxiety or improve mood. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is used to reduce the intensity of painful memories and can help when trauma or past events keep coming up.Figuring out which approach fits is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before, then recommend one or a mix of methods. That collaborative process helps shape a plan that matches the person's needs rather than forcing a single method.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and longer sessions. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to keep contact between meetings or to have brief check-ins when schedules are tight. These options let people fit therapy into their daily routines while working with licensed professionals and therapists who use ACT, CBT, EMDR, and related methods.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Hearing impaired
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 41 years
- Licensed
- Colorado, Florida
- Languages
- English