Michael Brennan, LCSW

Michael Brennan is a licensed clinical social worker with eight years of experience helping adults find clearer direction in life. He focuses on bringing steadiness and practical support to people feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, grief, or big life changes. Michael meets clients with compassion and straightforward attention to what matters most to them.

He draws on common-sense therapeutic methods to help people reconnect with values and make gradual, manageable changes. Sessions are conversational and relational. Michael listens closely, notices what’s happening in the moment, and uses that information to guide the work.

Clients often come with stress, sleep problems, relationship strain, addiction concerns, or questions about identity and purpose. Michael also supports people coping with trauma, chronic illness, caregiving strain, ADHD, and career-related stress. He pays attention to how social systems and power dynamics affect a person’s life and choices.

Therapy with Michael blends skill-building and emotional processing. He uses approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy alongside attachment-informed work and client-centered listening. The focus is on useful tools plus understanding what gets in the way of change.

Sessions are paced to the individual rather than pushed through on a strict clock. Michael aims to offer a full hour of attentive work and will discuss scheduling or timing needs openly. People who prefer a collaborative, grounded style tend to find his approach a comfortable fit.

Therapeutic approaches for online care and coping

Michael commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments. CBT can help with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and coping with upsetting moods.

He also uses acceptance and commitment therapy, which emphasizes clarifying personal values and taking small actions that align with those values even when emotions are difficult. ACT can be useful for people struggling with avoidance, chronic stress, or trouble committing to life changes.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Michael works with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and preferences. He adjusts strategies over time based on what helps and what doesn’t, so the plan evolves with the client.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports quicker check-ins, and messaging works for brief ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules while keeping the focus on steady progress.