Michele Bonanno, LMHC
Florida · 32 years in practice
Michele Bonanno is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor with 32 years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship strains.
License and registration
- LMHC, Florida
- MH6519 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1225204597 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 32
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Michele
Michele Bonanno is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor with 32 years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship strains. She supports those dealing with grief, parenting challenges, addictions, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and major life changes. Michele focuses on practical steps that reduce overwhelm and help people feel steadier day to day.
Her style is calm and straightforward. She listens first, then helps people name what matters most.
Background and approach
Sessions center on clear goals and small, doable changes rather than long lectures or jargon. Michele uses empathy and direct feedback to keep work focused and useful. Michele draws on Systemic Therapy to look at how patterns in relationships and daily routines affect wellbeing.
She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice thoughts and commit to meaningful actions. Attachment-Based ideas guide work on closeness, trust, and emotional safety. Over her career she has helped people with body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness, adoption and foster care questions, and career-related strain.
Michele also addresses anger, intimacy concerns, eating and sleeping difficulties, and compassion fatigue for caregivers and professionals. Michele meets people where they are and builds a plan suited to each person’s life. She offers sessions in English and accepts international clients who connect from other regions.
Her practice aims for steady progress through clear steps and repeated practice.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Michele lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- ADHD
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Michele names
- Systemic Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches and how online sessions support them
Systemic Therapy looks at patterns between people and routines that keep problems in place, helping identify small changes that can alter interactions and reduce stress. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches noticing thoughts and choosing actions that match personal values, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationships shape trust and closeness, and it helps people build more supported ways of relating.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Michele will collaborate with each person to decide which ideas fit their goals, and she adjusts methods as progress and feedback emerge. That makes therapy a joint process focused on useful changes rather than a single fixed method.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when nonverbal cues matter, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging can provide short check-ins or ongoing support between appointments. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work breaks, caregiving routines, travel, or busy days while keeping the focus on steady progress and real-life application.
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Questions people ask
Which concerns does Michele address?
Michele works with a wide range of problems including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationship strain, parenting challenges, addictions, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and life transitions.
What is her general approach in sessions?
She uses a straightforward, listening-first style focused on practical goals and small steps. Sessions emphasize clear plans and repeated practice rather than abstract theory.
How much experience does she have?
Michele brings 32 years of clinical experience helping people cope with emotional and relational challenges across many stages of life.
What credentials and location apply to her practice?
She is a Florida LMHC - Licensed Mental Health Counselor - and practices from Florida.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English and Michele accepts international clients who are able to connect from other regions.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working with Michele?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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