Michael Ecuyer, LCSW

Michael Ecuyer is a licensed clinical social worker with 33 years of experience who uses practical, goal-focused therapy to help people move forward. He blends cognitive behavioral ideas with client-centered listening and emotion-focused work to address the issues getting in the way of a satisfying life.

He helps people manage stress and anxiety and works through relationship and family concerns. He also supports those facing depression, grief, trauma and addiction-related challenges. Michael often helps with career stress, parenting strain, intimacy questions, and compassion fatigue.

Sessions are aimed at finding clear steps to reduce symptoms and improve everyday functioning. Conversations focus on patterns of thinking and feeling, and on small behavior changes that can make daily life easier. He uses mindfulness and psychodynamic perspectives when useful to understand deeper patterns.

Michael has long experience with blended family issues, adoption and foster care topics, attachment concerns, and abandonment wounds. He also supports people coping with chronic illness, caregiver stress, cancer, and major life transitions. Practical problem solving and skill-building are common parts of his work.

Clients can work with him by phone, video, live chat, or text-based messaging. He offers a coaching-minded approach while keeping the work grounded in therapeutic methods. Michael provides straightforward guidance and helps people plan realistic next steps toward their goals.

How Michael’s Approaches Work Online

Michael often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thought patterns and try different behaviors. CBT focuses on practical steps and skills that can reduce anxiety, depression, and stress over weeks to months.

He also uses a client-centered approach that emphasizes listening and understanding. That means sessions include open conversation where the person’s goals guide the work. Emotionally-Focused Therapy is sometimes used to look at attachment and relationship patterns and to increase emotional connection and communication.

Finding the best approach is a team effort. The therapist and client discuss goals, try methods, and adjust as needed. Michael aims to match techniques to the person’s needs and preferences rather than using a single method for everyone.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video works well for in-depth conversations and exercises. Phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter check-ins and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and different schedules.