About Michael
Dr. Michael Mitchell greets people with a direct, practical style.
Background and approach
He aims to make therapy feel straightforward and useful. Many clients come with stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, or concerns about substance use and grief.
He invites a short note about what brought someone here to begin the conversation. Dr.
Mitchell is a licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT - practicing in Georgia. He uses clear, hands-on methods to help people change habits that get in the way of daily life.
Sessions focus on immediate problems and developing skills that make everyday coping easier. His work draws on cognitive behavioral tools and short-term, solution-focused strategies.
Those approaches help identify unhelpful thinking and create small, testable changes. He also brings elements of existential thinking and mindfulness to help clients find meaning and steady their reactions.
Dr. Mitchell has three years of clinical experience working with issues such as depression, trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, workplace stress, and process addictions like gambling or compulsive behaviors.
He also helps with communication problems, caregiver stress, blended family adjustments, and multicultural concerns. The therapeutic tone is warm and interactive.
Expect a tailored plan, practical exercises, and regular check-ins about progress. He encourages people ready to try a different way of handling stress to reach out and share a few sentences about their current struggles to get started.
Online approaches that focus on change and meaning
Dr. Mitchell often draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and replace them with practical, testable actions that reduce anxiety and depression. He also uses solution-focused therapy to set clear goals and try small changes that can lead to quick improvements in relationships, work, or daily routines.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try methods that suit their needs, and adjust the plan based on what’s working. Clients are invited to give feedback so the focus stays relevant and useful.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different lifestyles. Video is helpful for a fuller interaction, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows short check-ins during a busy day, and text sessions let people reflect in writing on their own schedule. These options make it easier to keep regular sessions and to use tools and exercises between meetings.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- HIV / AIDS
- Intimacy-related issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English