Michele Bonanno, LMHC

Michele Bonanno is a licensed mental health counselor with 32 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship challenges. She frames sessions around each person’s real-life concerns and practical goals. Her tone is direct and compassionate, aimed at people who want clear steps they can use between meetings.

She draws on several well-known approaches to tailor care to each person’s needs. Michele uses tools from cognitive behavioral work to spot unhelpful thoughts and from acceptance-based methods to help people live by their values. She also leans on attachment-informed ideas to understand patterns in relationships and on client-centered listening to make space for each person’s perspective.

Michele works with a broad range of issues. That includes trauma and abuse, grief, addiction, ADHD, eating and sleeping difficulties, caregiving stress, career concerns, and coping with life changes. She also supports people facing intimacy issues, body image struggles, blended family stress, and challenges related to aging or chronic illness.

Sessions focus on learning practical skills, increasing emotional awareness, and creating manageable routines. Michele helps people set short-term steps and longer-term goals, then checks progress together. She aims for straightforward feedback and techniques that can be used in everyday life.

Based in Florida, Michele is licensed as an LMHC and communicates in English. International clients may be possible; confirm current session options and scheduling details before booking.

How Michele’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify their values and take committed action despite difficult thoughts or feelings. It can help with anxiety, depression, and making life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy examines patterns in close relationships to identify how early connections influence current trust, communication, and intimacy problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michele will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust them based on what helps in practice.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the specific session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so sessions are easier to keep. In general, licensed professionals adapt exercises, homework, and skills practice to the online setting so the work can continue consistently across sessions.