Michele Bonanno, LMHC

Michele Bonanno is a Florida LMHC with 32 years of clinical experience. She works with adults on problems such as stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, ADHD, addictions, grief, parenting strain, intimacy-related issues, career concerns, and anger. She also addresses relationship and family-related stresses and a wide range of related issues listed in her practice focus.

Her style is direct and practical. Sessions focus on clear strategies clients can use between appointments. She draws from cognitive behavioral methods to notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavioral patterns. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take manageable steps toward them.

Michele integrates attachment-based ideas to look at how early and current relationships shape reactions. She uses client-centered principles to keep conversations focused on each person's priorities. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are offered when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are needed.

In a typical session she helps people recognize triggers, practice skills, and plan small experiments to test new ways of responding. She discusses problem-solving for work and home stress, strategies for managing impulsive reactions, and ways to repair damaged relationships over time.

Her background across many areas means she often combines approaches rather than using a single method. People who come for anger concerns leave with concrete tools, behavioral plans, and ideas for handling setbacks. To begin, prospective clients follow the site's matching steps and schedule a first appointment to review goals and next steps.

Therapeutic approaches used in online sessions