Michael Jenkins

Michael Jenkins is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 25 years of clinical experience. He listens without judgment and helps people take the first steps toward feeling more hopeful and steady. He aims to create an open space where thoughts and feelings can be shared and understood. He focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. He also helps people coping with trauma and abuse, grief and loss, intimacy-related issues, anger, and self-esteem concerns. Additional areas include abandonment, communication problems, divorce and separation, forgiveness, life purpose, veteran and armed forces issues, and post-traumatic stress. Michael uses approaches that center the client and their experience. He practices Client-Centered Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people notice and change patterns in close relationships. He also offers Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, which he discusses with clients who are curious about trauma-focused work. In sessions he listens for what matters most and helps people try small, clear steps between meetings. He introduces mindfulness techniques to return attention to the present moment. He can also use elements of the Gottman Method to address communication and connection. Michael is licensed as an LMFT in Tennessee and Virginia and works from Virginia. Sessions are conducted in English. If someone wants to begin, he asks them to choose the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire to schedule according to his availability.

How these approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and validating each person's experience. Online sessions can still center the client's perspective, allowing the therapist to reflect what matters and help set clear goals for change.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people notice interaction patterns and deeper emotions in relationships. In remote sessions this can mean guided conversations and exercises that reveal how partners or individuals respond to stress and attachment concerns.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-focused method some people choose to process distressing memories. When clients are interested, the therapist will discuss whether EMDR fits their needs and how it might be adapted for remote work.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to the client's situation, goals, and preferences and recommend options together. That way the plan matches what the client hopes to accomplish and how they prefer to work.

Session logistics and formats are not specified here, so confirm current options before booking. One practical benefit of online sessions can be easier scheduling around work or family demands. Remote sessions also let people connect without traveling, which can make it simpler to keep momentum between appointments.