Michael Bohman, LCSW

Michael Bohman is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with four decades of practice. He uses a recovery-minded, client-centered approach to help people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, grief, and other life changes. He works from a private group practice based in Virginia and accepts clients internationally in English.

He brings long experience in mental health, substance use, domestic violence, and trauma settings. That background includes clinical supervision, consulting, training, and program development. His experience shapes a practical style that focuses on everyday coping and recovery steps rather than abstract theory.

In sessions he combines client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral techniques to tackle thoughts and behaviors that cause distress. He also includes mindfulness skills to reduce reactivity and motivational interviewing to support change when substance use or behavior shifts are a goal. Psychodynamic ideas may inform discussion of patterns from the past.

Michael often helps people facing life transitions, caregiver stress, chronic illness or pain, aging concerns, and relationship challenges. He also works with men’s issues, parenting, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. He aims to make sessions concrete, with clear steps people can try between meetings.

People can expect a steady, experienced clinician who draws on a range of approaches and long experience supervising and training others. To start, he asks clients to outline current concerns so sessions can match immediate needs and longer term goals.

How therapeutic approaches shape online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and working at the client’s pace. The therapist follows the person’s goals and helps them name what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change them. It works well for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and coping with life changes. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve moment-to-moment coping, which can help stress, trauma reactions, and chronic pain.

Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose approaches that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Sessions often combine listening, skill practice, and short between-session tasks to support progress.

Confirm the therapist’s current session formats before booking, since the biography does not list specific delivery methods. Online options can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins or follow-ups when needed. These practical benefits help people maintain continuity of care while working toward recovery and better coping.