Michael Brennan , LCSW

Michael Brennan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who helps people cultivate more meaning, clarity, and integrity in their lives. He approaches therapy with the belief that most people can build a good life even when they are struggling, and he centers his work on helping individuals reconnect with what matters most and move forward in ways that feel more aligned and authentic.

He meets the full range of human experience with steadiness and compassion, acknowledging both joy and suffering. Drawing on a relational, conversational style, Michael creates space in therapy for grief, anxiety, fear, uncertainty, and change while also attending to strength, growth, and the quieter moments of reconnection that can follow difficult times. He often references the idea that life can be both painful and beautiful, and he holds that tension without judgment.

Michael works alongside adults and young adults through transitions such as loss of a relationship, job or identity shift, and periods of spiritual or creative reorientation. He supports people moving through depression, trauma, grief, recovery, and complex internal experiences that can be hard to explain. Attentive to histories of psychiatric or psychotherapy involvement, he takes past harms seriously and aims to explore them with care to foster clarity and forward movement.

Grounded in co-regulation, mind-body awareness, and an emphasis on the here and now, Michael prioritizes a strong therapeutic relationship as the foundation for change. He pays attention to power dynamics and wider systemic forces while encouraging personal responsibility and compassion for the conditions that shape a person’s life. Appointment time is treated with respect, and he aims to offer a full, attentive hour of presence while being transparent about timing when a strict start-and-stop structure is needed.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Michael Brennan draws from evidence-informed approaches that emphasize values, relationship, and present-moment experience. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being driven by them, clarify what matters most, and take committed steps toward those values; it is often useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns of relating and connection formed in early relationships, exploring how these patterns affect current relationship difficulties, intimacy-related concerns, and emotional regulation. Client-Centered Therapy places the person’s experience at the center of the work, offering empathic listening, unconditional acceptance, and collaborative exploration to support self-understanding and growth.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Michael works collaboratively with each person to tailor methods to their needs, goals, and preferences. He pays attention to what helps in the moment and adjusts the work as the relationship and goals evolve.

Online therapy with Michael is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for people with busy schedules, caregiving responsibilities, or mobility limitations. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care across locations and to choose the communication mode that feels most comfortable and practical for each person.