About Michael
Michael Brackett is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Colorado. He focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, and addictive behaviors. Michael aims to help clients reconnect with themselves and change patterns that keep them stuck.
He brings 15 years of clinical experience to his work and blends depth-oriented and relational approaches. His style is collaborative and active.
How Michael works
Sessions often involve talking through patterns, noticing bodily signals, and reflecting on personal meaning. Michael uses Attachment-Based ideas to look at how early bonds affect current relationships. He draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people access and name core feelings in relationship moments.
He also uses Existential and Jungian perspectives to address questions of purpose, identity, and inner life. People may expect a mix of conversation, gentle inquiry, and exercises that invite new ways of feeling and relating. Michael describes therapy as a process of remembering and reclaiming parts of oneself that were lost or silenced.
He works to make change felt, not just understood. Outside the therapy room he has taught psychology at the college level and has spent years working with trauma and somatic approaches. That background informs how he attends to both the mind and the body when helping clients navigate grief, life changes, and the search for meaning.
Michael lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Michael works with
The areas below are the ones Michael 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
- 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
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Colorado |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Michael commonly blends Attachment-Based Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) with existential and Jungian perspectives. Attachment-Based work looks at how early relationship patterns affect current bonds and helps people notice and change those patterns. EFT focuses on identifying and expressing core emotions in relationship moments so partners or individuals can respond differently and feel more connected. Jungian and existential ideas bring attention to meaning, symbols, and life purpose to help people understand deeper personal themes.Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist will collaborate with each client to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying things, checking what helps, and adjusting the focus when needed so therapy feels useful and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Sessions can take place by video calls for face-to-face conversation, by phone when bandwidth is limited, or through live chat and text-based messaging for brief check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family, and travel while maintaining continuity of care with a licensed professional.
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