Michael Masters, LCSW
Licensed in New York · 5 years in practice
Michael Masters draws on client-centered work alongside cognitive and acceptance-based strategies to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and trauma.
License and registration
- LCSW, New York
- 094415 · expires June 2028
- NPI
- 1457981102 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English
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About Michael
Michael Masters draws on client-centered work alongside cognitive and acceptance-based strategies to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and trauma. He is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, based in New York and brings five years of clinical practice to each session. He meets people where they are and focuses on practical tools they can use between sessions.
Conversations often include identifying what matters most, noticing unhelpful thoughts, and practicing small behavior changes that reduce distress.
Background and approach
Sessions are straightforward and driven by the goals the client sets. Before moving into clinical practice, he worked as a community organizer and supported people affected by systemic conflicts, abuse, neglect, and related stressors. That background shaped his interest in supporting clients dealing with complicated grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strains, addiction, and caregiver fatigue.
He also works with people facing identity and attachment questions, issues tied to adoption and foster care, chronic illness or pain, and workplace or career stress. Michael combines techniques from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and existential ideas with a person-centered stance. Michael aims to make therapy a collaborative process.
He helps clients clarify goals, try different approaches, and pick skills that fit their daily life. Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone meetings, live chat, or text-based messaging to match individual needs.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Michael lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Michael names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and learn small actions that match what matters to them. It often helps with anxiety, depression, grief, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms and improve day-to-day functioning; it is commonly used for anxiety, stress, and mood concerns.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Michael will work with clients to choose techniques that fit their needs, goals, and daily routines, and he will adjust methods over time as progress and preferences become clearer.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions allow more face-to-face interaction, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be useful for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between scheduled meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, and busy schedules while using approaches like ACT and CBT in practical ways.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Michael focus on?
He focuses on trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, coping with life changes, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting, anger, career concerns, depression, and compassion fatigue among others.
What is his therapeutic style like?
His style is collaborative and person-centered, mixing acceptance and commitment ideas with cognitive and dialectical approaches to teach concrete skills and clarify values.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has five years of clinical practice working with individuals in New York, plus prior experience as a community organizer counseling people affected by systemic conflict and trauma.
Where is he based and what credential does he hold?
He practices in New York and holds the LCSW credential, listed as NY LCSW.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on the client preference.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
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