Michael Mudgett, LPC
Michigan · 18 years in practice
Michael Mudgett is a licensed professional counselor who helps adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, and life transitions.
License and registration
- LPC, Michigan
- 6401009279 · expires June 2026
- NPI
- 1497186381 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 18
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Michael
Michael Mudgett is a licensed professional counselor who helps adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, and life transitions. He works with people on issues like self-esteem, addiction, trauma, and intimacy concerns. He aims to create a respectful space where individuals can talk through what matters most to them.
Michael uses a direct, warm style in sessions. He focuses on improving communication and listening skills so people connect more clearly with others.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize practical steps people can try between meetings to ease day-to-day struggles. With 18 years of experience, Michael draws on several clinical approaches to match each person's needs. He blends Emotionally-Focused Therapy with client-centered methods and cognitive-behavioral ideas to help people notice patterns and try new ways of relating.
He also works with techniques aimed at processing trauma when needed. Michael describes his counseling as interactive and compassionate. He pays attention to how early attachment and life events shape current relationships and coping.
He also helps people navigate specific concerns such as anger, sleep and eating issues, fertility stress, and career pressure. Clients can expect a collaborative process. Michael listens for what is driving a problem, offers clear feedback, and supports practical change.
He also integrates discussions of meaning and spirituality when clients want that included in their work.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Michael lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Michael names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people and couples notice emotions that drive interactions and practice new ways of connecting. It is often used when relationship patterns or intimacy concerns cause regular conflict or distance.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches skills to notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and to move toward values-based actions despite discomfort. It can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and supporting a person’s own pace of change. The therapist follows the client’s lead and offers reflection and support to build insight and self-trust.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, try approaches that fit, and adjust plans based on what helps. This is a collaborative process where the therapist and client decide what feels most useful.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for real-time conversation and seeing nonverbal cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Chat or text sessions allow brief check-ins and ongoing written support between live meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep continuity when schedules change.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does he help with?
He helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, addictions, parenting and family concerns, career strain, and related issues such as body image and infertility stress.
What is his therapeutic approach and style?
He works in a warm, interactive way. Sessions emphasize listening, communication skills, and practical tools from approaches like Emotionally-Focused Therapy, client-centered work, ACT, and CBT.
How much experience does he have?
Michael has 18 years of counseling experience working with adults and on relationship concerns.
Where is he based and what is his credential?
He is based in Michigan and holds the credential LPC, listed as MI LPC.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people from other countries work with him?
International clients are not currently accepted; sessions are offered to clients within the supported region.
What session formats does he use?
He meets with people via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How are fees and getting started handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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