Michael Masters, LCSW

Michael Masters is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in New York with five years in clinical practice. He works with adults on trauma and abuse, grief, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting concerns, career stress, and related challenges. He describes his approach as direct and supportive, using several evidence-informed methods to talk through problems and build practical skills.

Masters began his career as a community organizer. In that role he counseled people and families affected by systemic conflicts, neglect, and trauma. That background shaped his focus on real-life stressors and on helping people manage anger, anxiety, and the fallout from difficult experiences.

In sessions he draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Existential Therapy. He blends these approaches to match a person’s needs, aiming to make therapy understandable and useful day to day. Treatment often includes skill practice, values clarification, and direct conversation about patterns that feel stuck.

He lists additional focuses such as abandonment, attachment issues, adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, autism and Asperger syndrome, and aspects of kink and alternative sex culture. He also addresses codependency, commitment issues, and compassion fatigue.

Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients. Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.

Therapeutic approaches used in remote sessions