Michael Susanne Butler, MA, LMHC, is a compassionate counselor who understands that individuals may feel stuck in their lives, struggling to find happiness, connection, and freedom from anxiety. With extensive experience in treating anxiety, depression, and life transitions, he helps clients identify the patterns that may be hindering their personal growth. Michael provides a safe and accepting environment, making the challenging work of facing one’s issues more manageable. As clients engage in this process, they often discover increased freedom to be themselves, celebrating their personal journeys with joy and ease. He works with individuals, couples, and families, drawing from various therapy modalities including attachment-based, family systems, and psychodynamic approaches. Michael is particularly skilled at helping clients navigate trauma, whether experienced early in life or more recently, and supports families and couples in enhancing their relationships by establishing appropriate boundaries while fostering authentic intimacy. He broadens clients' awareness of their relational patterns, recognizing that these coping mechanisms, developed as creative survival techniques, can become barriers to truly connecting with others as adults.