Michael Maddock
Practical therapy for family and parenting challenges
- Credentials
- LMHC, LPC
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed in
- Pennsylvania, Florida
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Michael
Michael Maddock is a licensed counselor who focuses on family and parenting concerns alongside stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and a broad range of life challenges. He holds the Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) credential and the Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) credential and brings 15 years of experience to his work. He practices in Pennsylvania and offers services in English.
Michael keeps sessions straightforward and practical. He listens first, then helps clients set small, workable goals.
Background and approach
He draws on clear tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. He also uses client-centered listening so people feel heard while deciding what to try next. His background includes a master’s degree earned in 2011 and many years in varied clinical settings.
That range of experience exposed him to common issues such as mood disorders, trauma, and parenting challenges. He has provided telehealth care for several years, adapting familiar therapy methods to online formats. Michael often mixes approaches to match what a person needs.
He may use motivational interviewing to help with change, narrative ideas to reframe problems, or elements of the Gottman Method when relationship patterns matter. The aim is practical progress, not jargon. Parents who are worried about behavior, stress, or changing family roles will find a steady, goal-focused style.
Sessions are structured but flexible to the family’s schedule and priorities. The therapist works with people to build clearer plans and healthier daily routines.
How his approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and respect for each person’s pace; online sessions under this approach focus on understanding goals and building a trusting relationship so parents and individuals can try practical changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT teaches clear skills for managing anxiety, moods, and unhelpful thinking patterns; in video or text sessions clients learn specific exercises and track progress between meetings.Choosing the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will discuss a person’s needs, preferences, and goals and then recommend methods to try together. That plan can change over time based on what helps most, keeping the work collaborative and flexible.
Online formats such as video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into busy family lives. These options let people connect from home, follow an agreed plan between sessions, and use shorter check-ins when helpful. The focus is on practical support that fits a client’s routine and goals while preserving the same licensed professional guidance as in-person work.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Existential Therapy
Takes the larger questions seriously: meaning, choice, mortality, responsibility. Suited to periods when the difficulty is less a symptom than a sense that something has to change.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania, Florida
- Languages
- English
Next step
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