Michele Bonanno, LMHC
Florida · 32 years in practice
Michele Bonanno is a licensed mental health counselor with 32 years of clinical experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship concerns, and issues with self-esteem.
License and registration
- LMHC, Florida
- MH6519 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1225204597 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 32
- 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 Michele
Michele Bonanno is a licensed mental health counselor with 32 years of clinical experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship concerns, and issues with self-esteem. She offers straightforward, compassionate care and focuses on what matters day to day for each person she sees. Michele speaks English and bases her practice in Florida.
Michele uses practical, talk-first therapy. She listens to the problem and helps people name what they feel.
Background and approach
Then she offers tools to manage symptoms like anxiety, sleeping problems, or low mood. Sessions move at the client's pace and focus on small, useful changes. Her work draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to look at emotional experiences and attachment patterns.
She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice thoughts without getting stuck and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. Attachment-Based and client-centered ideas shape how she builds a trusting therapy relationship. Michele has supported people through grief, parenting strain, career stress, addiction concerns, and chronic health challenges.
She also addresses issues such as abandonment, body image, caregiver stress, and blended family concerns. Her approach is practical and tailored to each person's situation. For online sessions, Michele offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
International clients are welcome. To begin, a short matching questionnaire and scheduling step connect people to sessions.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Michele lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- ADHD
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Michele names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic 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
Approaches that guide online sessions
Michele draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people identify and work with strong emotions and attachment patterns, which can be useful for relationship stress and deep emotional pain. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to teach practical ways to notice difficult thoughts and keep moving toward what matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to spot unhelpful thought patterns and try new behaviors that reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michele collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and personal preferences. She adjusts tools as therapy progresses so the plan feels useful and realistic.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or chat can fit brief check-ins or ongoing support between appointments. These formats make it simpler to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping focus on practical strategies and emotional understanding.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Michele commonly address?
Michele supports people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, self-esteem, grief, and many life transitions.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm and down-to-earth. She listens closely, helps name emotions, and works toward manageable, practical changes.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She brings 32 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of emotional and life challenges.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, FL LMHC, practicing from Florida.
Which languages are used in sessions and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available for online work?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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