Michael Fox
I’m Michael, a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and Substance Use Disorder Professional with a background in crisis work. I work with adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, and substance use concerns. My style is supportive, practical, and nonjudgmental. I help clients build insight, strengthen coping skills, and take realistic steps toward feeling more grounded, confident, and in control of their lives.
First session
In our first session, we will focus on getting to know each other, discussing what brings you to therapy, and identifying what you would like to work toward. I will ask about your current concerns, history, strengths, supports, and goals. You do not have to share everything at once. My goal is to create a comfortable, respectful space where we can begin building a plan that feels realistic and useful for you.
Strengths
My greatest strength is combining clinical experience with a practical, down-to-earth therapy style. I help clients feel understood while also giving them tools they can use outside of session. My background includes work with crisis, trauma, substance use, anxiety, depression, and major life transitions. I focus on building trust, identifying patterns, strengthening coping skills, and helping clients make steady, realistic progress.
Ideal clients
I work best with adults who are navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, or substance use concerns and want practical, supportive therapy. My ideal clients are open to building insight, learning coping skills, and making steady progress at a manageable pace. I provide a calm, direct, nonjudgmental space focused on real-life change. Additionally, I have been trained in EMDR so if PSTD/Trauma is something you want to work on we can begin that process.
Treatment methods
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I use CBT to help clients recognize how thoughts, emotions, and behaviors influence one another. In practice, I help clients identify unhelpful patterns, develop coping skills, and take practical steps toward their goals. I use CBT often with anxiety, depression, trauma-related symptoms, life transitions, and substance use concerns.
EMDR
I am trained in EMDR and use it in a structured, client-centered way with attention to safety, preparation, and stabilization. I help clients build grounding skills, identify target memories, and work toward reducing distress connected to trauma, anxiety, and negative self-beliefs. I use EMDR within my scope of training and consultation while pacing the work carefully to the client’s readiness and needs.
Solution Focused Brief Treatment
I use Solution-Focused Brief Therapy to help clients identify strengths, set clear goals, and take realistic steps toward change. In practice, I focus on what is already working, past successes, and practical next steps so clients can build momentum and confidence.
Location
Virtual sessions
Identifies as
Man
Native American
White
Top specialties
Addiction
Anxiety
Trauma and PTSD
Other specialties
Coping Skills
Crisis Intervention
Depression
Serves
Adults (18 to 64)
Individual Therapy
Doesn't specialize in
Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)
Autism
Biofeedback
Brainspotting
Christian Counseling
Couples Counseling
Couples Counseling
Eating Disorders
Faith based therapy
Family Conflict
Family Therapy
Feminist
Forensic Psychology
Gambling Addiction
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
Neurofeedback
Parent-Child Interaction (PCIT)
Psychobiological Approach Couple Therapy
Licensed in
IdahoLicense 9181110
WashingtonLicense SWI.LW.61126878