About Michael
Michael Rooney is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Colorado. He has 24 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and life changes. He uses straightforward, goal-focused work so people can see practical progress.
Rooney favors a client-centered style that puts the person's priorities first. He also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. For people with histories of trauma, he draws on trauma-focused methods to address painful memories and reactions.
Background and approach
Sessions tend to be hands-on and educational. The therapist teaches skills for coping with panic, managing anger, improving self-esteem, and reducing compulsive behaviors. He also helps people navigate relationship strain, parenting stresses, addiction concerns, and the challenges that come with chronic illness or disability.
His background includes long-term independent practice and experience with a range of complex conditions such as traumatic brain injury and autism. He works with individuals from varied backgrounds, including people who identify as LGBT and veterans, to tackle mood disorders, OCD patterns, and persistent isolation or emptiness. People who choose Rooney can expect clear goals, practical tools, and steady follow-up on progress.
He encourages active participation and homework between sessions so new habits have a better chance of sticking. The aim is to reduce distress and build skills that fit daily life.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on the individual and their goals. It emphasizes listening, understanding each person's priorities, and shaping sessions around what matters most to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behavior to build new coping skills and reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression.Trauma-focused therapy helps people process painful events and reduce intense reactions that can linger after trauma. It uses targeted techniques to work through memories and the feelings tied to them so daily life becomes more manageable. Together these approaches give options for both short-term skills and deeper processing when needed.
Choosing an approach is collaborative - the therapist will discuss goals, try methods that fit the person, and adjust as work progresses. Clients and the therapist decide together what helps best based on needs and preferences.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face work when a visual connection helps. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to send quick updates, share exercises, and keep momentum between longer sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English
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