About Michael
Dr. Michael Black greets people who are worried, overwhelmed, or stuck and wants them to know someone is on their side. He focuses on everyday problems like stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and parenting concerns.
He uses clear language and short goals so discussions feel practical and down-to-earth. With 20 years of experience as a Colorado psychologist (CO Psychologist PSY.0001906), he frames sessions around what each person needs right now.
Background and approach
He adapts conversations and plans instead of offering one fixed path. That helps when life changes leave someone unsure what step to take next. He draws on approaches that look at how relationships shape feelings and behavior.
That includes methods that consider attachment and emotional patterns, and tools to change unhelpful thoughts and habits. Sessions mix talking, practical strategies, and checking progress over time. People come for a single issue or broader life shifts such as grief, career transitions, or coping after a disaster.
He also supports people facing family origin issues, blended family questions, or intimacy and commitment concerns. The emphasis is on finding workable steps rather than on labels. Dr.
Black aims to make therapy feel collaborative. He encourages questions, adjusts plans when needed, and focuses on achievable changes. Many clients leave a session with one or two concrete things to try before the next meeting.
Approaches to emotional and relationship change online
Dr. Black often integrates attachment-focused work and cognitive behavioral strategies in online sessions. Attachment-based approaches look at how past and current relationships shape feelings and reactions, which can help with intimacy, commitment, and family patterns. Cognitive behavioral techniques focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and trying small experiments to change them, which is useful for anxiety, stress, or low mood.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. He will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before, then suggest a plan. That plan can change over time as progress is reviewed and new issues come up, keeping the process collaborative and practical.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is good for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it simpler to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping the focus on real-life changes.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English
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