About Michael
Dr. Michael Woulas offers practical, steady support for adults facing mood and behavior challenges.
Background and approach
He speaks plainly about stress, anxiety, anger, bipolar mood shifts, depression, ADHD, addictions, and problems around intimacy or parenting. People looking for clear explanations and long-term experience will find his approach straightforward and direct.
He has practiced behavioral healthcare for 41 years and holds the LMFT credential, working from a background that blends psychological and osteopathic medical training. That mix shapes how he looks at how the body and mood interact.
He has written about anger and bipolar mood volatility and co-authored a book about personal needs and relationships. Much of his career involved program development and training.
He created psychological screening for law enforcement recruitment in Central Massachusetts and later developed a jail suicide prevention training program in Florida. He has also consulted for businesses on hiring and staff issues.
In Southwest Florida he has run a independent practice since 1985 and leads seminars on domestic and social violence and on marital and family relations. His public talks aim to give clear, usable ideas rather than jargon.
He lives in Florida with his wife and is a father of three. In sessions he focuses on identifying patterns that keep problems going and on practical strategies to change them.
He combines long experience with a direct, educational style to help people manage symptoms and make daily life easier.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Dr. Woulas draws from widely used, evidence-based approaches that focus on changing thoughts and behaviors and on managing strong emotions. Cognitive-behavioral style work helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and test them with real-life experiments to reduce anxiety or depression. Skills-based emotion work teaches ways to calm intense anger or mood swings and to respond differently in stressful moments.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and daily life demands to decide which methods fit best. Over a few sessions they track what is working and adjust the plan together so the work matches the client’s needs.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing, brief support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep consistent momentum toward goals.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 41 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English