About Michael
Michael Brennan, LCSW, brings eight years of clinical experience to his work with adults seeking clearer direction and steadier footing. He focuses on helping people reconnect with what matters, especially during anxiety, grief, life transitions, addiction recovery, or questions of identity and purpose. His sessions are grounded and conversational.
He listens closely and helps people notice what’s happening in the moment. He pays attention to relationships, life context, and how past experiences shape present patterns.
Background and approach
Michael emphasizes practical coping skills alongside deeper exploration. He uses tools that address thoughts, emotions, and behavior while also attending to body awareness and regulation. This combination helps clients manage symptoms like anxiety, sleep problems, anger, and low mood while working toward longer-term goals.
He takes concerns about trauma, grief, and past involvement with mental health systems seriously. People who feel misunderstood by prior care can expect a respectful approach that acknowledges those experiences without dismissal. Sessions are paced to allow real conversation rather than a rushed checklist.
Michael values an authentic therapeutic relationship and aims to offer steady presence, curiosity, and practical guidance. He also accepts international clients through online formats and works with a wide range of life stressors, including phobias as part of anxiety-related work.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Michael commonly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck and then move toward meaningful action. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, or manage mood.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they pick methods that fit the situation and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different needs. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging support work between sessions, quick check-ins, and people who prefer writing over speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different locations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- 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
Therapeutic approaches
- 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
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Nevada
- Languages
- English
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