About Michael
Michael Strangstalien is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Arizona with 25 years of experience. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and changes that feel overwhelming. He also supports people who have trouble with concentration, memory, and focus, including concerns related to ADHD.
He approaches sessions as a place to talk plainly about what’s happening now. He treats each person as the expert on their own life and looks for strengths to build on.
Background and approach
Sessions tend to focus on practical steps people can try between meetings as well as on understanding what keeps certain problems going. Michael works with everyday life challenges like relationship strain, workplace stress, and the fallout from separation or divorce. He also addresses difficult feelings such as guilt, shame, isolation, and grief, and helps people manage panic, mood shifts, and social anxiety.
In meetings he helps people with communication and control issues, and with questions of life purpose and sexuality when those topics come up. He uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques while staying direct and clear about goals and next steps. He aims to make therapy understandable and useful.
To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions. Michael offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and routines.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Evidence-based techniques are used in a practical, down-to-earth way. One common approach is problem-focused work that identifies current patterns and breaks them into small, doable steps. This helps with anxiety, panic, workplace stress, and everyday coping tasks. A second approach concentrates on attention and focus, using strategies to improve concentration and manage distractibility that often accompany ADHD-related concerns. These techniques teach routines and tools to reduce overwhelm and support follow-through.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and daily life. Together they track what helps and adjust the plan over time so sessions stay relevant and practical.
Online formats offer real flexibility. Video calls let people work face-to-face from different places. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, family tasks, and other obligations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Depression
Also listed
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Arizona
- Languages
- English
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