Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
My name is Mike and I call Kentucky my home. I have spent most of my life in the Appalachian region, with a short-work tenure in Knoxville. I love living in the mountains and find being outdoors is where I find the most joy.
My approach to therapy is warm, open, encouraging, and direct. I draw from a variety of methods to create a tailored approach for each individual and situation. I’m an active therapist, combining experience, education, creativity, and a sense of humor with a down-to-earth, realistic approach to counseling.
My areas of specialized practice experience include: depression, anxiety, marriage and family therapy, family issues/discord, family changes, stress management, adjustment, trauma, coaching/motivation/self-esteem, sleep issues, and substance-abuse.
I like to utilize a cognitive-behavioral approach to therapy, as well as acceptance work, for more general mental health concerns. For marriage/family concerns, a behavioral family therapy model, and I utilize S.M.A.R.T. recovery for substance abuse issues. I like to use involve Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia, which can be utilized for minor, or significant sleep disturbances.
Past and current practice experience includes:
Institutional Review Board for a federal government agency
Kentucky Board of Social Work Clinical Supervisor
Healthcare Ethics Consultant
13 years of clinical work with the federal and state government, providing care for military veterans and their families.
2 years working as a bereavement counselor for Hospice.
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SPECIALTIES
• Stress, Anxiety
• Relationship issues
• Parenting issues
• Self esteem
• Depression
I also have experience in Addictions, Family conflicts, Trauma and abuse, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Sleeping disorders, Anger management, Career difficulties, Coping with life changes, Coaching, ADHD.
Years of Experience: 15
Licensed · Professional · Cancel Anytime
Michael Cummings makes his home in Kentucky and has spent the majority of his life in the Appalachian region, with a short work tenure in Knoxville. He finds the mountains and the outdoors to be a primary source of joy and renewal.
His therapeutic style is warm, open, encouraging, and direct. Michael uses a mix of clinical methods to build a tailored plan for each person, working as an active therapist who blends two decades of experience with ongoing education, creativity, and a grounded sense of humor.
He brings focused experience in depression, anxiety, marriage and family therapy, family discord and change, stress management, adjustment difficulties, trauma, motivation and self-esteem work, sleep problems, and substance use concerns. Michael commonly uses cognitive-behavioral techniques and acceptance-oriented approaches for general mental health issues. For relationship and family work he applies a behavioral family therapy model, for substance use he utilizes S.M.A.R.T. recovery, and he employs Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia when addressing sleep disturbances.
Michael has held roles that include service on an Institutional Review Board for a federal government agency, serving as a Kentucky Board of Social Work clinical supervisor, and working as a healthcare ethics consultant. His clinical background includes 13 years providing care for military veterans and their families within federal and state government settings, and two years as a bereavement counselor with hospice services. He is licensed to practice as a clinical social worker in Kentucky, holding the state clinical license KY LCSW 3792, and he brings 20 years of experience to his practice in Kentucky.
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