About Michael
Michael VerLee is a licensed mental health counselor practicing in Indiana with ten years of clinical experience. He helps people who feel stuck because of addictions, family conflict, parenting strain, work stress, or compassion fatigue. He aims to bring practical, research-backed strategies to each session and to adapt them to what works for the person in front of him.
Clients can expect straightforward conversations focused on real problems and clear next steps.
Background and approach
Michael listens for what matters most and then helps create manageable plans. He emphasizes practical tools rather than long academic explanations. His background includes a decade of counseling work across a range of life concerns.
That experience has shaped a flexible style that blends coaching with therapeutic skills. He draws on approaches that have evidence behind them and tailors techniques to the issue at hand. Michael pays special attention to issues like abandonment, caregiver stress, communication breakdowns, divorce and separation, and feelings of guilt or shame.
He also supports people exploring life purpose and men’s issues in a direct and respectful way. Sessions focus on skills you can use between meetings, clearer ways to handle conflict, and steps to reduce unhelpful patterns. Michael values the courage it takes to ask for help and sees finding the right fit as a key part of the work.
If building steady progress is important to you, he aims to help you get there.
Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Care
Michael draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, then replacing them with clearer, more effective habits; this is useful for addictions, guilt, and workplace stress. Another frequently used method concentrates on skills for better communication and conflict handling, which helps with family tension, parenting challenges, and separation issues.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Michael works with each person to figure out which techniques match their goals and daily life. He expects to adjust methods over time based on what helps most and encourages active input from the person in therapy.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can fit a quick check-in or a lower-bandwidth option, and chat or text can work for brief updates or on-the-go support. These formats make it easier to keep appointments around work, caregiving, or other obligations while maintaining consistent progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English