Practitioner record · Checked 9 Oct 2026

Mike Driscoll has been in practice 14 years and is licensed in Illinois. Mike lists stress, Anxiety, grief and anger management among 13 subjects on the BetterHelp roster.

Everything below is either quoted from Mike's own BetterHelp listing, taken from public licensing records, or written by Maker Therapy and labelled as such. Nothing here is an availability promise, a review, or a rating.

14years in practice
13subjects listed
3approaches listed

01 · Who Mike works with

Mike works with stress, Anxiety, grief and anger management

Mike lists 5 specialisms and 8 further focus areas. Specialisms are the subjects Mike chose to list first, which is the closest a listing gets to “this is my actual practice”.

Specialisms
  • Stress, Anxiety
  • Grief
  • Anger management
  • Depression
  • Coping with life changes
Also experienced with
  • Aging and geriatric issues
  • First responder issues
  • Forgiveness
  • Guilt and shame
  • Hospice and end-of-life counseling
  • Life purpose
  • Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
  • Paranoia

02 · In Mike's own words

What Mike says about the work

Reproduced in full and unedited - not summarised, not tightened, not rewritten in a house voice.

I am licensed in Illinois with 11 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, coping with grief and loss, anger management, & depression. I believe that you are the expert of your story and that you have many strengths that will assist you in overcoming things that challenge you. Taking the first step to seeking a more fulfilling and happier life takes courage. I am here to support you in that process.

Mike Driscoll, on the BetterHelp listing · read 9 Oct 2026

03 · How Mike works

The 2 approaches Mike lists, in plain English

These are the clinical methods Mike lists. The descriptions are Maker Therapy's, not Mike's - a general explanation of what each method is, so the list means something before you have spoken to anybody. They are not a claim about how Mike runs a session.

Cognitive Behavioural TherapyCBT
Structured, present-focused work on the loop between what you think, how you feel and what you then do. Usually means noticing a thought pattern in the room, testing it against evidence, and practising something different between sessions. Among the most heavily researched talking therapies for depression and anxiety.
Solution-Focused Brief TherapySFBT
Starts from where you want to end up rather than from how you got here. Sessions look for the times the problem is already smaller and work out what is different about those, so the number of sessions tends to be short and the work concrete.

Also listed

  • Existential Therapy

04 · What happens next

From this page to a first session

Mike practises through BetterHelp, so the route in is BetterHelp's. This is that sequence, written by Maker Therapy from the platform's published process - not a description of Mike's own practice, and not a promise about how quickly anything happens.

  1. A questionnaire, not a booking form

    BetterHelp opens with a set of questions about what you are dealing with, what you want from therapy, and any preferences on the therapist. You are not booking Mike at this point.

  2. Naming Mike specifically

    BetterHelp matches algorithmically by default, so asking for Mike is a step you have to take. There is a field for requesting a specific therapist during sign-up, and you can switch afterwards from your account. Starting from a link on this page does not by itself assign you to Mike.

  3. If the caseload is full

    You will be offered somebody else rather than put on a waitlist. Worth knowing, because it is easy to assume a match is the person you asked for.

  4. The first conversation

    A first session is typically history and orientation: what brought you, what has been tried, what you want to be different. It is also where the questions in the next section belong.

  5. If the fit is wrong

    Changing therapist on BetterHelp does not need a reason. A first session that does not click is common and is not a verdict on therapy. That option existing is the main practical difference between a platform and a private practice.

05 · Practical details

Credentials and licensing

Credential
LCPC
Licensed in
Illinois
Licence
IL LCPC 180008372
Licence number
180008372
Licence expires
31 Mar 2027
NPI
1174397707
Years in practice
14
Gender
Male
Languages
English
International clients
Accepted
Listed since
15 May 2026

06 · Provenance

Where every line on this page came from

Mike's name, credential, state, subjects, approaches and biography are read from BetterHelp's therapist roster, which Maker Therapy re-reads once a day; this page reflects the reading taken on 9 Oct 2026. The licence number and NPI are cross-checked against public registers.

The plain-English method descriptions, the first-session walkthrough and the questions are written by Maker Therapy and labelled as such wherever they appear.

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