- 40 years experience
- Focus on work wellbeing
- Helps with addictions
About Michael
Michael Bellotti is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with more than 40 years of professional experience. He practices in New York and focuses on work around stress, anxiety, addictions, and relationship and family concerns. Michael frames the first visit around listening and understanding each person’s immediate needs.
He helps people talk through everyday pressures and harder problems. That includes coping with gambling and other addictions, managing intense worry, and addressing relationship or intimacy-related issues. He also supports people dealing with communication breakdowns, control issues, divorce and separation, and midlife transitions.
Sessions aim to be straightforward and nonjudgmental. Michael encourages open conversation about thoughts and feelings so practical steps can follow. He works with clients to identify patterns that cause distress and to try new ways of responding.
Over four decades he has seen a wide range of mood and anxiety difficulties, social anxiety and phobia, impulsivity, and problems linked to workplace stress. He also helps people consider forgiveness and the effects of narcissistic dynamics on relationships.
Michael accepts international clients and conducts therapy in English. He asks new clients to describe what they want from therapy and then builds a plan that fits their goals. Prospective clients are encouraged to take the first step when they feel ready.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques are central to his work, focusing on approaches that help people change unhelpful patterns and manage symptoms. One common approach is helping clients learn skills for anxiety and stress management, such as breathing strategies, activity planning, and step-by-step exposure to feared situations; these techniques are useful for generalized worry, social anxiety, and phobias. Another approach emphasizes working through relationship and communication problems by identifying interaction patterns and practicing clearer ways to express needs and set boundaries; this can help with intimacy, conflict, and divorce-related concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the process. He collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Treatment plans are adjusted over time based on what is or isn’t helping, so the client and therapist decide together which techniques to keep using.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work or family responsibilities, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also offers flexible ways to continue work on stress, anxiety, addictions, and relationship concerns when in-person visits are difficult to arrange.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
40+ years
Credentials
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Michael commonly address?
He works with stress, anxiety, addictions including gambling, relationship and family concerns, and intimacy-related issues. Additional focuses include workplace problems, communication and control issues, mood disorders, and social anxiety.
What is his therapeutic style like?
Sessions are straightforward and nonjudgmental, with an emphasis on listening first. He encourages open talk about thoughts and feelings and then helps clients try practical changes.
How much experience does he have?
He has worked in the field for 40 years and has experience across a wide range of mental health and relationship issues.
Where is he licensed and based?
He is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, licensed in New York and practices from that location.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, and he also accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current session options before booking.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.