Key details
- CredentialsLCSW
- LicenseLCSW, Texas / 67506
- NPI1841437126
- Experience33 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationTexas
About
- Life coaching approach
- CBT and mindfulness
- Relationship focus
About Michael
Michael Ecuyer is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Texas with 33 years of experience. He helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, parenting concerns, anger, grief, addiction, and life changes. Michael describes his role as similar to a life coach, supporting practical progress toward personal goals.
He uses straightforward conversations to identify the patterns that fuel frustration and conflict. Sessions focus on real-world steps clients can try between meetings. Michael combines listening with clear suggestions so people can test what works for them and adjust as needed.
Much of his career has involved relationship issues and the strains of family life. He has worked with people navigating blended families, separation, adoption and foster care matters, and commitment or attachment concerns. Work stress, caregiver strain, chronic illness issues, and recovery from trauma or substance problems are also areas he addresses.
Michael draws on several approaches when appropriate, including client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, emotionally-focused ideas, mindfulness, and psychodynamic thinking. He talks through feelings, helps identify unhelpful patterns, and suggests small experiments to try outside of sessions.
Sessions are practical and goal-oriented while remaining conversational. He invites clients to treat therapy as a place to sort priorities, practice new ways of relating, and reduce the hold that anger and chronic stress can have on everyday life.
How sessions work
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following what matters to the client. Online sessions using this approach let the therapist reflect concerns, validate feelings, and help clients find their own next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. In remote work CBT is used to identify unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors between meetings. Emotionally-Focused ideas help people notice and name core emotions in relationship moments and practice new ways of responding that reduce escalation.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michael will talk with each person about goals and preferences and recommend which methods to try first. That plan can be adjusted over time based on what helps most, so the client and therapist choose the next steps together.
The therapist's biography mentions phone, texting, and sometimes video sessions, but session formats can change, so confirm the available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. They also let people try approaches like CBT homework or mindfulness practice between meetings in a practical way.
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Experience
33+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does he help with?
He works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship problems, parenting questions, anger, grief, addictions, trauma, and related issues such as attachment and blended family challenges.
What is his therapeutic style?
He uses a practical, conversational style that mixes listening with clear suggestions and small behavioral experiments clients can try between sessions.
How long has he practiced?
Michael has 33 years of experience as a social worker and has supported people across many relationship and life-stress concerns.
What are his credentials and location?
He is an LCSW licensed in Texas.
Which languages are offered and can international clients work with him?
Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography mentions phone, texting, and sometimes video sessions; confirm current session options before booking.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.