- Person-centered approach
- Practical coping skills
- Works with codependency
About Michele
Michele Bonanno is a licensed mental health counselor with 32 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, and codependency. She works with individuals who are facing relationship strain, parenting challenges, addiction, and major life changes. Her approach is warm and practical, aimed at helping people feel steadier and more able to cope day to day.
Her style is person-centered and collaborative. She listens first and uses tools from several evidence-informed approaches to meet each person where they are. Sessions focus on clear, manageable steps clients can use between meetings, not just talk. Michele helps people build skills for emotional regulation, better boundaries, and clearer decision making.
Over three decades she has supported people with grief, bipolar symptoms, chronic illness, ADHD, and career stress, among many concerns. She also works with people facing issues around attachment, abandonment, body image, and caregiver strain. The work combines practical strategies with attention to personal history and relationship patterns.
Michele draws on methods from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy. She aims to make therapy useful and straightforward, tailoring the mix to each person’s goals. Michele accepts international clients and practices from Florida as a FL LMHC.
To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on the therapist’s availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time, and cost varies with location and therapist availability.
How Michele’s approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose values-driven actions instead of getting stuck. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and patterns like codependency. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying thought and behavior patterns that maintain distress and teaching clear skills to change them, which can help with anxiety, mood, and sleep. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationship patterns shape feelings and behavior and can help people with intimacy, abandonment, and relationship challenges.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michele collaborates with each person to choose or combine methods based on their goals and life context. She explains options and adapts techniques over time so the plan fits what the person needs and wants to try.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when schedules require. It also makes it possible for people outside Florida and international clients to work with a licensed professional. Practical benefits include using therapy tools between sessions and building routines that carry into everyday life.
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Experience
32+ years
Credentials
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Michele address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, codependency, addictions, relationship and family issues, grief, bipolar, ADHD, and many life transitions.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her work is person-centered and collaborative, focusing on listening first and then introducing practical skills from several approaches to help with day-to-day coping.
How much experience does she have?
She has 32 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
What credential does she hold and where is she located?
She is a Florida licensed mental health counselor, listed as FL LMHC, and practices from Florida.
Are sessions available in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are accepted.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What steps do I take to start therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.