About Brett
Brett Wilcox uses straightforward, practical therapy to help people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma, and addiction. He practices from a place of respect for each person's experience. Brett has 25 years of clinical work in Alaska and aims to help people feel more capable and calm in daily life.
Brett draws on approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing to address problems like depression, anger, and low self-esteem.
How Brett works
He focuses on identifying patterns that keep people stuck and offering concrete steps to change those patterns. Sessions tend to be collaborative and goal-focused, with exercises people can use between meetings. Over a 25-year career Brett has worked with a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, substance use problems, family conflict, and attachment or abandonment struggles.
That experience informs a flexible style that adapts to each person's needs. He has led group work in the past and uses lessons from that work when appropriate in one-on-one sessions. Brett emphasizes personal agency and helps people build tools they can use outside the therapy room.
He invites clients to notice how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors influence each other and then try small experiments to shift those patterns. Homework, when offered, is practical and brief to fit into busy lives. People who want clear, direct collaboration and practical strategies may find his approach useful.
Brett works by helping clients set priorities, try new behaviors, and track what changes over time.
Brett lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Brett works with
The areas below are the ones Brett selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Guilt and shame
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
Training and background
| Registers | LPC, LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Alaska |
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Online support options
Online approaches that aim for practical change
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It helps people test unhelpful beliefs and try new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, or anger. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple awareness practices that help people step back from intense emotions and respond more calmly to stress or cravings.Finding the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they will try methods that fit the person's needs and adjust as progress is tracked over time.
Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people work face-to-face when visual cues help. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for short check-ins, homework questions, or ongoing encouragement between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent despite busy schedules or travel.
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