Michael Brackett, LPC
Colorado · 15 years in practice
Michael Brackett is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on helping people make sense of distressing life moments.
License and registration
- LPC, Colorado
- LPC.0012886 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1114469806 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Michael
Michael Brackett is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on helping people make sense of distressing life moments. He speaks plainly about grief, anxiety, relationship strain, and questions of meaning, and he aims to help individuals reconnect with what matters to them. His style is collaborative and grounded in real conversation rather than medical jargon.
Michael frames therapy as a chance to remember parts of yourself that have been lost or pushed aside.
Background and approach
He helps people notice recurring patterns, name painful emotions, and try practical ways of changing everyday habits. Sessions mix talk with experiential methods so insight can be felt, not just understood. Over 15 years he has worked with people facing loss, depression, addiction, trauma, and the daily wear of stress and burnout.
He brings perspectives from Jungian thought and attachment work into sessions to look at how early relationships and inner stories shape current behavior. That background informs his attention to meaning, identity, and inner life. Michael uses techniques that include emotional processing, somatic awareness, and creative practices to help people shift longstanding patterns.
He encourages curiosity about shame, isolation, and the movements of the heart so clients can make different choices in relationships and work. People who want a thoughtful, reflective approach that addresses both feelings and life patterns often resonate with his work.
He offers video, phone, chat, and text formats so therapy can fit into a busy life and the ways people prefer to connect.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Michael lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Emptiness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Somatization
Approaches Michael names
- Existential Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches and how they translate online
Existential Therapy helps people wrestle with questions of meaning, choice, and identity. It focuses on what matters to the individual and supports making deliberate choices in the face of uncertainty. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current emotional responses and close connections, helping people shift patterns that create distance or reactivity.Michael approaches therapy collaboratively. He will work with each person to identify which methods fit their goals and preferences, and adapt sessions as trust and clarity grow. Choosing an approach is treated as an ongoing conversation rather than a single decision.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for more in-depth emotional work and visual connection. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a session must fit into a short break. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for regular check-ins, process between sessions, or for people who prefer writing to speaking. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into daily life while keeping the focus on the therapeutic work.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does he help with?
He works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, self-esteem, and many life transitions listed in his specialties.
What is his therapeutic style like?
The approach is collaborative and active, combining reflective conversation with experiential practices to help clients notice and change recurring patterns.
How much experience does he have?
He has 15 years of clinical experience working with a range of concerns from mood and trauma to identity and meaning.
What credentials and location should I know?
He holds an LPC credential - Licensed Professional Counselor - and is based in Colorado.
Which languages are sessions offered in and can international clients join?
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 match different needs and schedules.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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