In-Person in Charlotte, NC 28210
Online in
PSYPACT states
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, CNMI, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington, D.C., West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Anxiety, depression, or recurring difficulties in relationships can leave you caught in patterns you understand only partly. I offer depth-oriented psychotherapy for adults seeking relief from what hurts and a fuller understanding of themselves. My practice draws on Jungian, psychoanalytic, and existential traditions, with careful attention to the particular life and experience of each person. I meet clients in SouthPark, Charlotte, and online across PSYPACT-participating states.
Client Focus
Session Format: Couple, Individual sessions.
Age Specialty: Adult, Senior, Young Adult
Treatment Approach
- Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) Helps people accept difficult thoughts and feelings instead of fighting them, while committing to actions that reflect their values. It blends mindfulness with practical behavior strategies.
- Existential / Humanistic Therapy Encourages people to explore meaning, freedom, and authenticity in their lives. It focuses on personal growth and living in alignment with one’s values.
- Family Systems Therapy Looks at problems within the context of the family as a whole. It aims to improve communication and balance in family relationships.
- Jungian Therapy Draws on Carl Jung’s ideas about archetypes, dreams, and the collective unconscious. It helps people explore deeper layers of meaning.
- Psychoanalytic Therapy Based on Freud’s theories, it explores unconscious conflicts and past experiences. It seeks to bring hidden issues into awareness.
- Psychodynamic Therapy Explores unconscious thoughts and patterns that influence current behavior. It builds insight into how the past impacts the present.
- Self Psychology Explores the development of self-esteem and identity. It emphasizes the importance of empathy in healing.
Approach Description: My practice is rooted in Jungian, psychoanalytic, and existential traditions, and remains in conversation with contemporary psychological science. These perspectives inform an interest in how emotional and relational patterns take hold in a life, how they operate beyond immediate awareness, and what makes meaningful change possible.
We attend to your present difficulties while remaining curious about the larger life in which they have developed. A recurring reaction, a painful relationship pattern, or a persistent sense of dissatisfaction may carry something that has not yet been fully understood. Dreams and other imaginative experiences can also open ways of approaching what is difficult to recognize or put into words.
My doctoral emphasis in Couple and Family Psychology informs my attention to the relationships and wider circumstances in which a person’s experience takes shape. Through ongoing study at the C.G. Jung Institute of New England, I continue to deepen my understanding of analytical psychology and the practice of Jungian analysis.
The work asks for patience and sustained attention. We return to what matters, allowing understanding to develop in enough detail that it can become useful in the life you actually live.
Fees & Insurance
Fees
- Average Session Fee $190
- Out of Network
- I do not contract directly with insurance companies, but many plans reimburse a portion of out-of-network psychotherapy. I am glad to provide the documentation needed to use those benefits. Your insurer can clarify the coverage and reimbursement available under your plan.
Education & Credentials
Dr. Michael J. Lee
- Male
- License # 5550
- Licensed in North Carolina
- PSYPACT Mobility # 10741
- Practicing Since 2017
Education: I hold a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Southern California, a Master of Arts from Pepperdine University, and a Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) in Clinical Psychology from Azusa Pacific University, with a programmatic emphasis in Couple and Family Psychology. I continue my study of analytical psychology and the practice of Jungian analysis at the C.G. Jung Institute of New England.
Dr. Michael J. Lee Practice Details
Therapy Sessions
- Available In-Person in Charlotte, NC 28210
- Available Online for residents of PSYPACT states Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, CNMI, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington, D.C., West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
- Online Therapy Details: We meet by secure video from a private space where you can speak freely and give the session your attention. I am glad to discuss your location and the practical arrangements during an introductory phone conversation.
People come to therapy for many reasons. Sometimes a difficulty is clear: persistent anxiety, depression, a strained relationship, or a change that has become hard to navigate. At other times, life continues outwardly while something inward feels stuck, diminished, or unresolved. There may be a wish to understand yourself more fully, or to give attention to something that has been carried alone for a long time.
My work begins with what brings you in and develops through careful attention to your experience. We explore the patterns that recur in your emotional life and relationships, how they took shape, and what continues to sustain them. Some become apparent through conversation; others emerge in feelings, reactions, dreams, or the relationship that develops within therapy itself.
Over time, what once felt confusing or automatic can become more understandable and open to influence. The aim is relief from distress alongside greater freedom in how you relate to yourself, meet others, and participate in your own life.
I also work with couples who want to understand the patterns shaping their relationship and develop a fuller capacity to hear and respond to one another.
Psychotherapy involves at least weekly meetings at a standing time we reserve together. I am available Monday through Thursday during regular business hours. My fee is $190 for a fifty-minute session. Initial meetings with couples are eighty minutes and cost $285. I do not contract directly with insurance companies, but I can provide documentation for possible out-of-network reimbursement.
Before scheduling a first session, I arrange a brief phone conversation so we can speak about what brings you to therapy and consider whether working together would be a good fit. You are welcome to reach out with questions or to ask about current openings.