Michael Ecuyer, LCSW

Michael Ecuyer is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with more than three decades of experience. He blends a life-coach mindset with therapeutic methods to help people clear obstacles and move toward meaningful goals. His style is practical and straightforward, aimed at helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, and other pressing concerns.

He draws on client-centered work to make sessions feel collaborative and respectful. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps him map thoughts and behaviors that keep people stuck. Emotionally-Focused Therapy and psychodynamic ideas are used when relationship patterns and deeper hurts need attention.

Michael has long experience supporting people facing grief, addiction, chronic illness or pain, and the stresses of caregiving. He also helps with issues tied to family change - adoption, blended families, abandonment, and divorce-related concerns. His background includes work with relationship disappointment, workplace stress, and men's issues.

Sessions focus on clear goals and practical steps. He often frames therapy as coaching toward purpose and function in daily life. People can expect short-term strategies and longer conversations when needed.

Michael offers communications by phone and text, and sometimes video when that fits. He primarily works daytime hours on weekdays, with some evenings and occasional weekend afternoons. International clients may be supported in English.

How his approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, reflection, and following the client's pace to set useful goals; it is helpful for people seeking supportive, collaborative work on stress and self-esteem. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and coping skills. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on understanding emotions in relationships and can be useful when attachment or recurring conflict is the main concern.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist will work with the person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. That decision is collaborative and may change as progress is made.

Michael lists phone, texting, and sometimes video as ways he connects with people, but confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also gives flexibility for daytime appointments and occasional evenings or weekend afternoons to accommodate different schedules.