Michael Cotter, LPC
Missouri · 3 years in practice
Michael Cotter is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, trauma, and relationship or family strains.
License and registration
- LPC, Missouri
- 2017023723 · expires June 2027
- NPI
- 1013427657 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 3
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Michael
Michael Cotter is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, trauma, and relationship or family strains. He also supports those coping with parenting challenges, grief, career worries, ADHD, and issues around intimacy or self-esteem. Michael speaks English and practices from Missouri.
He focuses on meeting people where they are and talking through concrete problems. Sessions emphasize practical steps and honest conversation. Michael aims to reduce unhelpful patterns and help people make decisions that feel more meaningful to them.
Background and approach
His approach blends client-centered care with techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and existential therapy. Those methods are used to identify thoughts and behaviors that get in the way, and to explore values, purpose, and how choices shape daily life. He also uses EMDR and motivational interviewing when clients and circumstances suggest those options.
Michael draws on several years of clinical work in addiction and related areas. That experience informs how he addresses overlapping concerns such as depression, bipolar symptoms, family conflict, and substance use. He pays attention to practical coping skills as well as to painful past events when those are relevant.
In sessions he keeps the tone direct and nonjudgmental. People can expect a mix of listening, goal-setting, and hands-on strategies to try between meetings. Michael supports gradual change and helps clients track progress and adjust plans along the way.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Michael lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Michael names
- Existential Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Existential Therapy focuses on questions of meaning, choice, and purpose. In an online session this can mean talking through what matters most, weighing options, and clarifying values when life feels empty or overwhelming. It often helps people facing major life changes, grief, or feelings of purposelessness.Client-Centered Therapy centers on the person's own goals and perspective. The therapist listens closely, reflects understanding, and helps clients track what they want to change. This approach supports self-directed growth and can make short-term online conversations feel focused and useful.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, targets patterns of thinking and behavior that contribute to anxiety, depression, or addictive habits. Online sessions can include brief skill practice, thought records, and homework between meetings to build new habits.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then adapt methods over time. Clients and therapist decide together whether to try existential exploration, CBT techniques, EMDR, or motivational interviewing strategies.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and deeper work, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing coaching and reminders. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and different routines.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does this therapist help with?
He works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, depression, relationship and family issues, grief, parenting strain, ADHD, and related concerns listed in his profile.
What is his therapeutic style like?
Sessions are conversational and practical. He combines listening with goal-setting and hands-on strategies to address immediate problems and longer-term questions of meaning.
What experience does he bring?
He lists three years of clinical experience and background in addiction work that informs how he addresses overlapping issues such as mood, family conflict, and substance use.
What are his credentials and where is he based?
He is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Missouri.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and he is not accepting international clients.
What session formats does he offer?
He provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are fees handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are delivered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with him?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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