Michael Schneider , LPC

Michael Schneider is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Michigan with 22 years of professional experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, anger, depression and major life changes. He applies short-term, solution-focused methods that combine insight with concrete behavioral steps to help clients create meaningful, lasting improvements in daily life.

He addresses a broad array of mood and adjustment challenges, including depression and grief, anxiety and phobias, anger management, adjustment difficulties, bipolar disorder, and obsessive-compulsive concerns. He places a strong emphasis on building rapport and drawing on each person’s strengths as the foundation for therapeutic work.

Michael aims to facilitate real change by helping people hear what they need to hear and accept difficult truths in ways that support permanent positive shifts. He also emphasizes the link between mind and body, viewing nutrition and physical health as important contributors to psychological well-being. In his work he attends to both conscious and unconscious processes to relieve symptoms and support enduring change.

How CBT and Solution-Focused Therapy Translate to Online Care

Michael Schneider draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is practical and skills-oriented, often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and mood regulation issues and helps people develop concrete strategies to manage symptoms and daily challenges.

He also uses Solution-Focused Therapy, which concentrates on clients’ goals and existing strengths to build small, achievable steps toward improvement. This approach is well suited to short-term goals such as coping with life transitions, improving communication, and addressing anger or caregiver stress.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process. Michael works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and may blend techniques from different models to best support each person. Licensed professionals and therapists often tailor their work in the same collaborative way.

Online therapy options - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to maintain continuity during life changes. These formats offer flexibility for caregivers, people with limited mobility, and those who prefer remote sessions, helping clients access consistent care while balancing other responsibilities.