Michael Brennan, LCSW
Nevada · 8 years in practice
Michael Brennan is a licensed clinical social worker with eight years of experience helping people find clearer direction and more meaning in their lives.
License and registration
- LCSW, Nevada
- 8891-C · expires August 2026
- NPI
- 1629407416 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 8
- 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 Brennan is a licensed clinical social worker with eight years of experience helping people find clearer direction and more meaning in their lives. He focuses on practical conversations about what matters most and helps people take small, steady steps toward change. His approach is calm and relational, and he meets people where they are without judgment.
Michael makes room for hard emotions like grief, anxiety, and anger. He also pays attention to strengths, creativity, and the parts of life that still feel good.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and grounded in what’s happening in the moment, with attention to body awareness and co-regulation when useful. He often supports adults and young adults facing major life transitions, loss, or deep uncertainty about identity or purpose.
People in recovery, veterans, and those who have felt harmed by prior psychiatric or therapy experiences may find his stance particularly respectful and validating. Michael notices how relationships and larger systems shape personal struggles. He will name power dynamics and real-world pressures alongside personal responsibility.
That means therapy looks at both feelings and the outside conditions that affect them. His style is steady, curious, and present. He values the therapeutic relationship as the basis for change and prefers to let sessions unfold responsively rather than follow a strict script.
If timing is important, he invites an open conversation about scheduling and session flow.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Michael lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Michael names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused 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 what online work looks like
Michael blends Existential therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people clarify values and live with more meaning. Existential work looks at questions of purpose, freedom, and what gives life direction, which can help people facing major transitions or questions of identity. ACT focuses on accepting difficult thoughts and feelings while taking committed action toward personal values, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with change.He also draws on Attachment-Based ideas in sessions by paying attention to how relationships shape emotions and behavior. This approach helps people understand patterns that show up in close relationships and build different ways of relating when those patterns cause distress.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. He will help you try different ways of working and adjust based on your goals, needs, and preferences. Therapy is collaborative and responsive, not one-size-fits-all.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit busy lives. Video is helpful for full conversations and nonverbal cues, phone is useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging lets you keep a steady thread between sessions. These options can make scheduling easier and let you choose what fits your routine.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
He works with stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, grief, trauma and many life struggles such as career issues, parenting strain, and relationship concerns.
What is his therapeutic style like in sessions?
Sessions are conversational, grounded, and relational. He tends to focus on values, present-moment experience, and rebuilding connection to what matters.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has eight years of experience as a licensed clinical social worker working with adults and young adults on a range of concerns.
Where is he licensed and based?
He is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in Nevada and offers services tied to that practice location.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and he also accepts international clients.
What session formats are available online?
He meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How does pricing and payment work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start a relationship with this therapist?
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