About Michael
Michael Brennan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with eight years of practice helping adults find more meaning and clarity. He focuses on steady, empathic listening and on helping people reconnect with what matters to them in daily life. His approach begins with making space for what is real.
He attends to grief, anxiety, fear, and the uncertainty that comes with big life changes. He also helps people notice their strengths and small shifts that make daily life easier to carry.
How Michael works
Michael uses practical, conversational methods rather than a rigid protocol. Sessions tend to be relational and present-focused, with attention to how feelings show up in the moment. He invites curiosity and co-regulation so people can practice new ways of coping while feeling supported.
He draws on methods that blend acceptance, behavior change, and attachment ideas to address worries, mood struggles, addiction, and problems with intimacy and self-worth. He also works with people coping with physical illness, caregiver stress, and complicated grief or loss. Michael pays attention to systems and power dynamics that shape people’s lives.
He hears frustration with the psychiatric and therapy systems and gives that experience serious consideration while helping clients move toward clearer choices and greater agency. Sessions are paced to allow real conversation rather than a mechanical cutoff. He aims to offer an attentive hour and to be transparent about timing and expectations so clients know what to expect.
Michael lists 16 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Nevada |
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Online support options
Approach-focused care delivered online
Michael commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in his work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult feelings, clarify personal values, and take small steps toward a life that matters to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and practicing changes that reduce anxiety, low mood, and sleep problems.Choosing the best approach is a collaborative part of therapy. He will talk with each person about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust strategies as needed. The idea is to find what actually helps you feel more steady and capable, rather than sticking to a fixed plan.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let you work face-to-face when a conversational session is useful. Phone sessions suit people who want a simpler audio check-in or who have limited bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging are available for brief check-ins, homework support, or when a written approach feels easier to use. Together these options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and try different formats depending on the moment.
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