- Years in practice
- 33
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Michael
Michael Ecuyer is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 33 years of experience helping people sort through stress, relationship problems, and parenting challenges. He uses a coaching-minded approach to help clients set goals and take practical steps forward. Michael practices from Texas and offers sessions in English.
He frames therapy around what a person wants to achieve. Conversations focus on clearer communication, managing anxiety, and improving daily routines. Sessions are straightforward and action oriented, with room to reflect on past patterns that keep showing up.
Background and approach
Michael blends client-centered listening with techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy. That mix helps people recognize unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors between sessions. He also draws on emotionally focused ideas when relationships and intimacy are central concerns.
Parents often look to him for help with blended family questions, discipline decisions, and balancing work and caregiving demands. He also works with people facing addiction, grief, trauma history, chronic illness, and career stress. Michael offers phone, video, chat, and messaging formats so clients can choose what fits their life.
He describes his role as collaborative - helping people map practical steps while respecting their pace. Many clients appreciate that practical, down-to-earth focus when life feels overwhelming.
What Michael works with
Everything Michael lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Michael helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Michael lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that translate to online work
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the client's agenda. The therapist creates space for people to say what matters most and helps them clarify goals and next steps. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts affect feelings and actions; it offers straightforward tools to test new behaviors and reduce anxiety or depression. Emotionally-focused ideas help when relationship patterns and attachment needs are central, guiding conversation toward clearer emotional expression and connection.Finding the best approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, life demands, and what feels most useful. From there he adjusts methods and homework tasks so the work matches the client's needs and preferences.
Online work uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Video lets people read nonverbal cues and hold longer sessions. Phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone needs a shorter check-in. Live chat and messaging support ongoing reflection, quick coaching between sessions, and flexibility for busy days. These options make it easier to keep momentum while balancing parenting, work, and other demands.
Questions people ask about Michael
What kinds of concerns does Michael help with?
He works with stress, anxiety, relationship and parenting concerns, plus grief, addiction, trauma, career stress, and many related issues listed in his specialties.
What is his therapeutic style like?
He uses a coaching-minded, client-centered style focused on goals and practical steps. Sessions combine listening with tools to change thoughts and behaviors.
How much experience does he bring?
He has 33 years of experience as a social worker and has supported people from many backgrounds through a wide range of life challenges.
What credentials and location apply to this therapist?
He holds an LCSW credential and practices in Texas as noted by his TX LCSW listing.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English, and he accepts international clients.
In what session formats does he work?
He provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so clients can pick the format that fits their routine.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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