Dr. Michael Becerra
Calm, practical counseling for life changes
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed in
- Georgia, New Jersey, Louisiana
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Michael
Dr. Michael Becerra helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and life transitions. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 14 years of clinical experience and works from Louisiana.
He also supports concerns like self-esteem, career decisions, intimacy-related issues, sleeping problems, anger, depression, ADHD, and LGBT concerns. His approach is relaxed and interactive. Sessions focus on practical steps and on talking through what matters most to the client.
Background and approach
He draws on methods that look at stories people tell about their lives and on short-term, goal-focused work. That means clients can try tools between sessions and notice what helps. Becerra’s training includes Narrative Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy.
Narrative Therapy looks at how a person’s life story shapes current problems. Solution-Focused Therapy aims to identify small changes that move someone toward their goals quickly. He has worked in community programs, schools, college campuses, and vocational rehabilitation agencies.
His background includes time living in Colombia where he worked with intercultural couples and U.S. expats adjusting to life abroad. That experience informs his relaxed, culturally aware style. In sessions he emphasizes collaboration and agency.
Clients set goals and test new approaches in everyday life. The work is practical, down-to-earth, and paced to each person’s needs.
How narrative and solution-focused work translate online
Dr. Becerra uses Narrative Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy in ways that fit online sessions. Narrative Therapy looks at the stories people tell about their lives and helps reframe those stories to reduce distress and support change. This approach can help with identity questions, relationship patterns, and larger life narratives.Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on concrete, achievable steps. It identifies small shifts that move a person toward their goals and tracks progress week to week. That makes it useful for stress, parenting challenges, career decisions, and other goals where quick practical changes matter.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they choose techniques that feel doable and adjust them over time.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from home, phone sessions remove travel time, and live chat or text-based messaging can fit into busy days or provide quick check-ins. These formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, family, and other obligations.
Narrative Therapy
Looking at the story you have come to tell about yourself, and where it came from. The work is in separating the problem from your identity and finding accounts that fit you better.
Solution-Focused Therapy
Rather than examining the problem at length, this looks at what is already working and builds on it. Sessions tend to be practical and forward-looking, with small achievable steps, which translates readily to shorter online conversations.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also works with
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Georgia, New Jersey, Louisiana
- Languages
- English
Next step
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