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Online therapist

Michael Brackett

A steady guide through parenting and life challenges

Credentials
LPC
Experience
15 years
Licensed in
Colorado
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Michael

Michael Brackett is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) who focuses on family and parenting concerns among many other life stresses. He speaks plainly and aims to make therapy feel manageable for someone juggling parenting duties and daily pressures. Conversations with him center on practical change and deeper understanding rather than quick fixes.

He works from Colorado and offers sessions in English, including options for international clients. Michael takes a collaborative approach that invites curiosity about how past patterns shape present choices.

Background and approach

He uses attachment-based ideas to look at how relationships form and held feelings impact behavior. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps when emotions and connection with others are the main concern. He also draws on existential ideas to help people face meaning, purpose, and life transitions.

His style mixes talk, reflection, and attention to the body and everyday habits. He asks clear questions, helps name patterns, and suggests straightforward steps to try between sessions. Over time those steps add up to different ways of relating to stress, grief, anxiety, or the challenges of parenting.

Michael has about 15 years of clinical work and teaching experience. He has trained in trauma-informed and somatic methods and continues to learn from each person he meets. His LPC credential identifies him as a licensed counselor in Colorado.

Sessions can include video calls, phone work, live chat, or text-based messaging. Cost varies with location and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, one chooses the Start Therapy button, completes a short questionnaire, and schedules based on availability.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds affect current relationships and daily habits. It helps people notice patterns in how they connect and respond, which can be useful when parenting or managing close relationships.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on emotions and connection in relationships. It helps people name feelings, shift negative interaction cycles, and build more supported emotional responses in close partnerships or family dynamics.

Existential Therapy explores meaning, choice, and how people face life transitions. It can help when someone is questioning purpose, coping with major change, or wanting clearer life direction.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michael will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adapt methods together in a collaborative way.

Online therapy here includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules and different comfort levels. These options make it easier to fit sessions around parenting, work, and travel while keeping continuity of care with a licensed professional.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)

Attends to the emotions underneath a recurring argument or distance, and to the attachment needs driving them. Often used where a relationship keeps returning to the same painful loop.

Existential Therapy

Takes the larger questions seriously: meaning, choice, mortality, responsibility. Suited to periods when the difficulty is less a symptom than a sense that something has to change.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist address?
Michael helps with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, addictions, ADHD, and many related concerns listed in his specialties.
What is his general therapy style?
His style is collaborative and active, blending talk, emotional focus, and attention to patterns. He aims to help people notice habits and try practical changes between sessions.
What background and experience does he have?
He brings about 15 years of clinical and teaching experience, with training in trauma-informed and somatic approaches alongside depth psychology influences.
What are his credentials and where is he based?
He is a licensed professional counselor - LPC, registered in Colorado as CO LPC LPC.0012886, and practices from that state.
Which languages and client locations are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies by location and therapist factors; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, filling a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to the listed availability.

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