Michael Brackett

Michael Brackett is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Colorado who helps people manage intense emotions and life transitions. He works with individuals facing stress, anger, anxiety, grief, relationship troubles, and questions about identity and purpose. Michael writes and teaches about psychological topics and brings a calm, grounded presence to sessions.

He frames healing as reconnecting with what’s already inside a person. In sessions he focuses on noticing patterns that keep someone stuck and creating space to feel things differently. He blends talk work with body-centered awareness and creative methods so change is felt as well as understood.

Michael draws from Jungian ideas about meaning and symbol, from attachment-focused thinking about relationships, and from emotionally-focused approaches that name and work with core feelings. He also uses existential ideas to help people consider values, freedom, and responsibility in their lives. These methods are used together to address things like depression, addiction, burnout, and intimacy struggles.

His background includes teaching psychology at the college level and about 15 years of clinical experience. Michael emphasizes a collaborative relationship where the person’s goals guide the work. He invites curiosity, compassion, and steady practice as the path toward lasting change.

People who are dealing with control issues, codependency, dissociation, emptiness, or midlife concerns may find his style helpful. He also offers support around ADHD, men's issues, and coping with major life changes.

How his approaches translate to online work

Michael often uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationship patterns shape current connections and emotional responses; this helps when anxiety, control issues, codependency, or anger are tied to how someone relates to others. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) is also part of his approach and focuses on naming core emotions and changing the patterns that keep painful feelings activated. Existential Therapy is used to help people clarify values, face life changes, and find meaning when they feel stuck.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. He collaborates with each person to try methods that fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. Sessions can include talking, tracking felt experience in the body, and creative tasks that extend beyond session time, and the therapist adjusts methods based on what helps most.

Confirm the available session formats before booking because the profile does not list them. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, or offering ways to meet when someone is away from home. Licensed professionals may use a mix of conversational work and somatic exercises that translate to remote sessions, and the therapist will discuss practical arrangements during intake.