Michael Fentress, LMHC, LPC

Michael Fentress is a licensed mental health counselor with ten years of experience. He holds LMHC and LPC credentials and practices in Florida. He offers a calm, direct presence for people facing stress, depression, addiction, or relationship concerns.

He builds an affirming space where people can speak openly about shame, grief, and identity. Sessions are straightforward and focused on what matters most to the client. Michael listens, reflects, and helps set clear, achievable steps to try between meetings.

Michael draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people change unhelpful thinking and take meaningful action. He also uses attachment-based ideas and client-centered listening to understand patterns in relationships and reduce loneliness. These methods guide practical work on mood, anxiety, and coping with life transitions.

People come to him for a wide range of struggles, including trauma, addiction, ADHD, parenting stress, and intimacy issues. He also supports those dealing with career strain, caregiving burden, and complicated grief. The focus is on short-term goals that build steadier functioning and clearer next steps.

Michael works collaboratively to tailor strategies to each person’s priorities. He encourages small experiments and skill practice between sessions. Over time, clients often find clearer direction, fewer reactive patterns, and more confidence in handling difficult moments.

Using focused approaches in online therapy

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce anxiety and depressive patterns. It often involves short exercises and homework to practice skills between sessions.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy emphasizes noticing difficult emotions and choosing actions that align with personal values. It supports people coping with loss, stress, addiction, and major life changes by building psychological flexibility and purposeful action.

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and intimacy. It helps identify repetitive interaction styles and offers new ways to relate that reduce loneliness and conflict.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michael will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then recommend a mix of strategies. Decisions about methods are made together and adjusted as needs change.

Online therapy gives practical flexibility. Video calls allow full conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can fit into a busy day or require less bandwidth, and live chat or text-based messaging can be useful for quick check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to keep consistent appointments and try new skills in real life.