Michael Knapik, LPC, LCMHC

Michael Knapik is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) in Vermont with 18 years of experience. He works with adults facing stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, anger, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, sleep problems, mood disorders, and codependency-related patterns.

He uses a strengths-focused, client-centered approach. He assumes people know themselves best and helps them notice and use their existing skills. Sessions tend to be practical and down-to-earth, with attention to what someone can do between meetings.

Michael draws on a mix of methods to match the person in front of him. That includes cognitive behavioral techniques to address thinking and behavior, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas about values and willingness, and dialectical skills for intense emotions. He also uses existential ideas about meaning when people are questioning life direction.

His background includes long experience in mental health work and many years volunteering in hospice care, which informs conversations about grief, caregiving, and end-of-life concerns. He has helped people dealing with addiction and process problems, and those coping with isolation or caregiver stress.

In sessions he helps people clarify what matters to them, practice specific skills, and notice where unhelpful patterns like people-pleasing or avoiding boundaries show up. He encourages small, steady changes that fit a person's daily life.

How his approaches inform online work