About Bret
Bret McCoy is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. He works with people navigating LGBT matters and those coping with major life changes. He practices from a respectful, sensitive, and compassionate stance.
Bret adapts conversations and plans to fit each person's situation. He focuses on practical steps that can reduce day-to-day worry and improve communication. Sessions aim to be straightforward and focused on what the person wants to change.
Background and approach
With six years of professional experience, Bret draws on what has worked for others while keeping each plan personal. He pays attention to attachment and family patterns when those issues matter to the person. He also addresses areas like abandonment, adoption and foster care concerns, and blended family stress when they come up.
Bret is comfortable talking through topics related to body image, codependency, commitment, control issues, and the dynamics of kink or alternative sex culture when clients bring them forward. He also supports people dealing with dissociation, dependent personality traits, and the fallout of divorce or separation. Sessions are offered in English and are based in Wyoming.
Bret uses clear, direct talk and helps people set small, doable goals. He encourages steady progress and adjusts plans as needs change.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Many people find short-term, skills-based techniques helpful for anxiety and stress. One approach focuses on teaching practical coping skills for worry and panic, such as breathing strategies, behavioral activation, and stepwise exposure to feared situations. These techniques aim to reduce avoidance and build confidence in everyday moments.Another useful method looks at relationship patterns and attachment concerns to improve communication and closeness. This approach helps people notice recurring interaction styles, try new ways of asking for support, and repair misunderstandings. It can be applied when working through family origins, abandonment, or blended family stress.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the person to identify goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Plans are adjusted over time based on progress and life changes so the work stays relevant.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for longer sessions and face-to-face conversation, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and different routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Wyoming
- Languages
- English
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