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Brett Wilcox

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Brett Wilcox, LPC, LCMHC

Alaska

LPC, LCMHC - Anger and Relationships

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Key details

  • CredentialsLPC, LCMHC
  • LicenseLPC, Alaska / PCOP332; LCMHC, Utah / 335174-6004
  • NPI1811105489
  • Experience25 years
  • LanguagesEnglish
  • LocationAlaska

About

  • Anger and coping
  • CBT and mindfulness
  • Substance issues

About Brett

Brett Wilcox is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) practicing in Alaska with 25 years of experience. He works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, anger, low self-esteem, addictions, depression, and life changes. Brett also addresses issues like abandonment, attachment concerns, codependency, and men’s issues.

Brett’s approach draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing alongside experiential methods he finds effective. He focuses on helping people uncover the underlying beliefs and memories that feed difficult feelings and repeating behaviors. Sessions aim to make those patterns clearer so clients can try different ways of responding.

In sessions he treats clients as the experts in their own lives and keeps the tone straightforward. He may give brief between-session work that asks clients to notice and hold certain ideas that came up in therapy. That noticing often leads to natural shifts over time.

Brett has extensive experience leading group work related to substance abuse, domestic violence, and related issues, and he has worked with both teens and adults in those settings. He also has a history of supporting couples and people coping with interpersonal violence and sexual abuse.

He honours clients' spiritual and religious experiences when relevant. To begin, a prospective client completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules a first session to determine fit.

How sessions work

How Brett’s approaches translate to online work

CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments. It helps with anxiety, anger patterns, and behavior changes by breaking problems into concrete steps. Mindfulness Therapy trains attention to present-moment experience and habitual reactions. It can reduce reactivity and help a person notice urges before acting on them. Motivational Interviewing uses brief, goal-focused conversations to strengthen willingness to change, especially useful for substance use and ambivalence about making different choices.

Finding the right combination of methods is part of the process. Brett works collaboratively to see which approaches match a client's goals and preferences. Early sessions tend to clarify what feels most useful, and adjustments are made as work proceeds.

Specific session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm the current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. Those practical benefits are often why people choose remote sessions, and the clinician will help plan how to make sessions work around daily life.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseAnger managementSelf esteem

Also works with

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyControl issuesDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionFamily problemsFatherhood issuesGuilt and shameJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMood disordersNarcissismPersonality disordersPost-traumatic stress

Therapeutic approaches

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational Interviewing

Experience

25+ years

Listed in

Alaska, Utah

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does he help with?

He helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, addictions, depression, and coping with life changes.

What is his therapy style like?

He works in a direct, practical way and treats clients as the experts in their own lives. He uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and experiential methods to surface underlying beliefs.

How much experience does he have?

He has 25 years of experience as a mental health and substance abuse counselor working with individuals and groups.

What credentials and location are on record?

He holds LPC and LCMHC credentials and is licensed in Alaska.

Does he offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are used?

Confirm current session options before booking, as specific session formats are not listed in the biography.

How does scheduling and cost work?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I get started?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

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