About Michael
Dr. Michael Cundiff is a licensed professional counselor with 45 years of experience. He speaks plainly and likes to build a working relationship with each person who reaches out.
Sessions most often run 45 minutes, but he can adjust length when needed. He focuses on common life struggles like stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, and ADHD. He also helps people navigate relationship difficulties, parenting concerns, career stress, and issues tied to attachment, abandonment, or caregiving pressure.
Background and approach
He lists a wide range of topics he addresses, including intimacy and self-esteem problems. Dr. Cundiff uses a client-centered approach that centers the conversation on the person in the room.
He collaborates with people to set goals and decide practical next steps rather than imposing a fixed plan. That makes sessions feel more like teamwork than a lecture. He also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different responses.
Mindfulness practices are offered to help manage stress and improve emotional awareness. Narrative ideas can help people reframe personal stories that no longer serve them. People connect with him through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
He checks messages multiple times a day and aims to respond promptly. To begin, a short matching questionnaire and scheduling step are used to set up the first appointment.
How his therapeutic approaches work online
Dr. Cundiff often uses client-centered work that keeps the conversation focused on the person's needs and goals. This approach emphasizes listening, reflecting what the person says, and jointly deciding on steps to try. It tends to help when someone wants a respectful, collaborative process rather than a preset plan.He also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test different behaviors. CBT-style exercises can be done between sessions and work well for anxiety, depression, and stress by giving concrete steps to try. Mindfulness practices are offered to build moment-to-moment awareness and reduce reactivity when emotions run high.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. He will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and life situation and then suggest methods to try. The choice of approach is collaborative and can change as needs evolve.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for a full-session conversation and reading nonverbal cues. Phone sessions may fit when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging can support brief updates, quick coping tools, or ongoing coaching between longer sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and help therapy fit into daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 45 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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