Michael Sweeney, LMHC

Counseling Style

Michael is an empathetic counselor who believes that successful therapy begins with developing new relationships with your therapist and eventually yourself. He believes that change is a process and it cannot happen overnight. Michael has developed many skills and
strategies over his time working in therapeutic and school settings. From a Cognitive Behavioral Therapeutic (CBT) approach, Michael will help a client identify the unique and individual path that will make the client’s work in therapy as individual as they are.

Experience

Michael has over 10 years working as an outpatient therapist in both private practices and with community mental health organizations. He has also worked in the public school setting for seven years as a licensed guidance counselor. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Stonehill College and his Master of Arts in Counseling from the University of New Hampshire. He has experience working with children and adolescents, parents, men and men’s struggles, veterans, depression, anxiety, and Bipolar among others.

Specialties

• Depression
• Anger Management
• Grief/Loss/Bereavement
• Self-Injurious Behaviors/Self-harm
• Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorders (ADHD/ADD)
• Divorce/Custody Disputes
• LGBTQIA
• Adjustment Disorder
• Attachment Disorder
• Parenting Issues
• Learning Disorder
• PTSD/Acute Stress
• Gender Identity
• Academic/Occupational/Work Issues/Career
• Anxiety/Panic/Phobias
• Trauma
• Bipolar Disorder

Clinical Modalities + Treatments

• Psychodynamic/Psychoanalytic/ Psychoanalysis
• Attachment Based Family Therapy (ABFT)
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
• Mindfulness/Meditation