About Michael
Michael Brackett is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Colorado. He focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, or struggles with identity and purpose. Michael aims to make therapy feel simple and direct so a person can start feeling more grounded and clear about next steps.
He uses a collaborative, active style in sessions. That means he listens closely, asks practical questions, and offers ways to try new behaviors between meetings.
Background and approach
Sessions may include talking, exploring patterns from the past, and noticing how the body reacts to emotions. Michael has 15 years of experience working with concerns such as depression, relationship troubles, trauma and abuse, addictions, and issues around self-esteem and intimacy. He also helps people facing career shifts, midlife questions, and the strain of caregiving or compassion fatigue.
His background includes teaching psychology at the college level and ongoing work with trauma and somatic approaches. He draws on several therapeutic approaches, including attachment-based work, emotionally-focused methods, existential ideas, the Gottman Method for relationship dynamics, and Jungian perspectives. These offer different ways to understand why patterns repeat and how to interrupt them in everyday life.
People who choose Michael can expect a thoughtful, steady guide who values curiosity and honesty. He aims to help clients reconnect with inner resources, make practical changes, and find more meaning in day-to-day living.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape present bonds and emotional safety; it helps with anxiety, trust issues, and attachment-related patterns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on identifying and reshaping emotional responses in relationships, which can ease distress and improve communication. Existential therapy explores questions of meaning, purpose, and choices when life feels uncertain or empty, helping people clarify values and direction.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Michael will collaborate with each person to test what helps most, adjusting methods to fit their goals, preferences, and the concerns they bring into sessions. That means trying concrete tools, reflecting together on what arises, and shifting focus when something isn’t working.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and reading nonverbal cues. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be a good fit for brief check-ins or when video isn’t possible. Live chat and text-based messaging offer flexible, on-the-go ways to share progress, ask questions between sessions, or check in after a difficult moment. These options make therapy easier to fit into work, travel, or family schedules while keeping therapeutic continuity.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Somatization
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English
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